Ukrainian man fleeing war rescued with his kitten on journey through Romania

Peach from the jacket of his owner, Vladislav Duda from Ukraine (Salvamont Maramures/AP)

A Ukrainian man who embarked on a perilous journey fleeing his war-torn country into Romania was rescued from a deep mountain ravine in sub-zero temperatures with an unlikely companion, his kitten, Peach.

More than a dozen rescuers worked in a harsh blizzard to save Vladislav Duda, 28, who was found “soaked and frozen” and severely hypothermic in a 400-metre deep ravine in the northern Maramures region last week, according to the region’s mountain rescue service.