Heroic dad Ruslan Gladkiy burst into tears when he saw the front page of today's Daily Mirror.
He revealed his wife and family were now safely in Hungary.
He is keeping busy doing some voluntary work by delivering meat and sausages to vulnerable people in his local community.
He spoke to his wife Galina who is with their son Hordeiy, nine and daughter Emilia, four.
The 35-year-old said: “I haven’t cried for a long time but I cried when I was on my own and saw the Daily Mirror today.”
Ruslan held back the tears when he said goodbye to his wife and children at Lviv train station on Sunday because he didn’t want to upset them.
He added: “They are heading for the airport.From there they will fly to Rome where my wife’s mother lives. I’m very relieved they will be safe.”
He added: “If the Russians come to my home town I will be getting a gun and shooting them.”
