Thursday 2 June 2022 07:28 AM Ukrainian girl,10, makes solo trip to safety in Australia as her father fights ... trends now
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A brave Ukrainian girl has made the 15,000km journey to Australia on her own to escape her war-torn country.
Victoria left her small town near the Slovakian border with a little bag containing just a handful of her belongings before crossing into Hungary to board an Emirates flight to Brisbane.
It was the first time the young girl had ever left her hometown or boarded a plane.
After hugging her parents goodbye indefinitely, the young girl will now wait out the war with family and friends on Queensland's Sunshine coast while her father fights the Russians.
Victoria flew across the globe on a solo journey to Australia (pictured) to escape the war in Ukraine
Ukrainian-born Australian resident Veronika Rowe attributed Victoria's remarkable courage to embark on the long trip alone to her 'survival instinct'.
'She didn't have any tantrums, she didn't cry,' Mrs Rowe said.
'She just asked, ''Can I sleep on the plane?'' That's what Emirates staff told us."
Ms Rowe and her husband Lloyd, an Australian navy veteran, felt a strong urge to help when Russia invaded their southern neighbour in February.
Victoria and her father pictured hugging each other goodbye before she moved overseas
The mother-of-two immediately began contacting relatives and friends in Ukraine to see how the couple could
