"I was going into the wolf's lair but I had to overcome my fear because I was the only one who could rescue my grandson."
Ilya's mother was dead. The missile strike that killed her left him bleeding, shrapnel embedded in his legs.
Under the guise of an "evacuation", Russian soldiers stole the nine-year-old from his home and brought him across the border into occupied Donetsk in March 2022.
He might never have seen his family again.
But as bombs rained down on Ukrainian cities and fighter jets screamed through the skies, his grandmother set out on a desperate rescue mission.
Read the story of how one brave grandma crossed four borders and risked everything to bring her beloved grandson home.
https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-russia-war-news-putin-zelenskyy-latest-live-updates-12541713
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