Miss Ukraine Veronika Didusenko Describes Her Escape with Son

"As I was fleeing with my young son, I could see there was a real air battle above our heads,'' she said. ``On my ... journey to the border of Ukraine, there was no place where sirens would not sound, where rockets and bombs would not explode.''

She said she and her son had to pass through four countries -- Moldova, Romania, Luxembourg and Switzerland -- to reach friends. She said she already had a visa to travel to the United States, and she wanted to bring her son with her, but a request for a visa for the boy was denied.