The incident unfolded on the Desenka River on March 21.
A Kyiv fisherman, Richard Gorda, has successfully applied his fishing gear to rescue an 11-year-old boy who got stranded on a drifting piece of ice dozens of meters off the shore.
The fishermen shared the video of the effort on his Facebook page.
The incident took place on the Desenka River in the city of Kyiv on March 21.
Gorda eventually decided to cast his spinning rod with no hook at the end, to allow the boy to get a grip of the line and then pull him towards the shore.
And that's exactly what happened.
In the video, the fisherman is heard calling on a terrified boy, who said he couldn't swim, to remain calm. At the same time, Richard Gorda is also heard instructing other adults present at the scene to call emergency services as river depth at the site is nearly 20 meters.