Emergency workers retrieve two dogs from under rubble in Poltava Oblast after Russian attack – video, photos
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29 June, 12:14
The dogs under the rubble. Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine on Facebook
Two dogs were trapped under the rubble of a damaged building in Poltava Oblast following a combined Russian attack on the night of 28-29 June. Emergency workers heard faint whimpering and managed to retrieve the animals.
Source: State Emergency Service of Ukraine on Facebook
Details: Despite the risk of a nearby wall collapsing, the emergency workers succeeded in freeing the frightened and exhausted dogs.
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The animals were handed over to veterinarians for examination and necessary medical care.
"Every life matters," the State Emergency Service emphasised.
Background:
- On the night of 28-29 June, Russia launched a large-scale combined attack on Ukrainian cities, using 477 attack drones, dozens of cruise and ballistic missiles and other aerial weapons.
- An infrastructure facility was damaged in Mykolaiv, businesses in Zaporizhzhia and the Kremenchuk district of Poltava Oblast and properties in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast.
- In Kharkiv, a drone crashed into the roof of a residential building in one of the city’s most damaged residential areas.
- In Smila, Cherkasy Oblast, three nine-storey apartment buildings were damaged and the local college of the National University of Food Technology sustained significant damage.
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