A DAZED, war-weary little girl peers out of the window of a bus taking her away from a nightmare.
Away from the underground hell of the besieged Mariupol steel plant where thousands of Ukrainian troops and civilians have been trapped for weeks.
Away from the relentless Russian shelling and into the safety of temporary accommodation in the seaside village of Bezimenne 20 miles away.
She was one of dozens evacuated on Friday and handed over to representatives of the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross.
And her escape comes as Britain last night stepped up aid for Ukraine in its bid to push back the Russian invaders in the eastern Donetsk region where shattered Mariupol lies under siege.
Boris Johnson pledged a further £1.3billion to bring our total aid to £2.8billion – the most this country has spent on a war since 43,000 UK troops were sent to Iraq and Afghanistan.
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