As soon as Raisa walks out of her house in eastern Ukraine, she is quickly joined by a pack of hungry dogs whose barking fails to drown out the sound of artillery. "I get up every day, make food for the animals, then go to work," says the 65-year-old, refusing to leave the city without the 20 dogs and 50-something cats under her care.
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00:00Let's go!
00:02Let's go!
00:04Come with me!
00:06Let's go!
00:08I do it before work,
00:10in the morning, before the dress.
00:12I was waiting for you, and now...
00:14Here are the pigeons!
00:22Come here!
00:24Don't be afraid!
00:26Don't be afraid!
00:28It's an ordinary day for me.
00:30I get up,
00:32cook food for the animals,
00:34get ready, go to work.
00:36I have a dress.
00:38Before work, I fed them.
00:40I fed them.
00:42I have a dress, guys.
00:44We do everything, we start the houses.
00:46Because the heating breaks,
00:48the houses are damaged by the explosion.
00:50And it's endless.
00:52My son died a long time ago.
00:54Nowhere, there is no one.
00:56I don't know where my granddaughter is.
01:00Come here, don't be afraid!
01:18I can't do it because of them.
01:20I can't do it because of the animals.
01:22Imagine, there are 20 dogs
01:24and almost 50 cats in different places.
01:26No shelter will accept them,
01:28and I won't take them out.
01:30My son offered me to buy a house
01:32in the Cherkasy region.
01:34How will I feed them in the village?
01:38If I were alone,
01:40I would have at least 5 cats.
01:52Go home!
01:54Go home!