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A woman holds a dog while crossing the Irpin River on an improvised path under a bridge as people flee the town of Irpin, Ukraine, Saturday, March 5, 2022. AP

A woman embraces her dog during an evacuation from the Irpin town, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, outside of Kyiv, Ukraine March 10, 2022. REUTERS

A girl comforts a cat before the departure of a Lviv bound train, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, March 3, 2022. AP

A woman from neighboring Ukraine, sits with her dog at a train station that was turned into an accommodation center in Przemysl, Poland, on Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. AP

A Ukrainian girl pets her cat in her coat inside Lviv railway station, Monday, Feb. 28, 2022, in Lviv, west Ukraine. AP

A Ukrainian girl and her cat wait at the platform inside Lviv railway station, Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022, in Lviv, west Ukraine. AP

Julia Lazarets plays with her cat Gabriel, after fleeing Ukraine and arriving at the train station in Przemysl, Poland, Tuesday, March 8, 2022. AP

Katya holds her two dogs after fleeing from Ukraine, at the border crossing in Medyka, Poland, Wednesday, March 9, 2022.

A couple talks after people rushed to board a Lviv-bound train in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Feb. 28, 2022. AP

Ukrainian Anastasia Klimenko covers a cat named Amur with a blanket after fleeing the war from neighbouring Ukraine, at the border crossing in Palanca, Moldova, Thursday, March 10, 2022. AP

Ukraine people wait to be vaccinated against the coronavirus (Covid-19) at the Ukrainian embassy in Berlin, Germany, 10 March 2022, as part of a campaign by Berlin health authorities to vaccinate people fleeing Ukraine. EPA

Nina, 26, holds a pet carrier with her cat as she waits after fleeing the war from neighbouring Ukraine, at the border crossing in Palanca, Moldova, Friday, March 11, 2022. AP

A dog lies on a bed at a room at a youth sports center that was transformed to accommodate 40 people, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Wroclaw, Poland, March 11, 2022. REUTERS

Antonina, 84 years-old, sits in a wheelchair after being evacuated along with her twelve dogs from Irpin, at a triage point in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, March 11, 2022. AP

A girl who was evacuated from Irpin keeps a cat warm inside her jacket at a triage point in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, March 11, 2022. AP

A woman who was evacuated from Irpin cries kissing a cat wrapped in a blanket at a triage point in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, March 11, 2022. AP

A resident carries his cat that was rescued from his home after it was hit by a shell as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in the Obolon district in Kyiv, Ukraine, March 14, 2022. REUTERS

A firefighter rescues a dog after an apartment building after it was shelled in Kyiv on March 14, 2022. AFP

A woman carries her dog during an evacuation, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, in the town of Irpin outside Kyiv, Ukraine, March 13, 2022. REUTERS

A woman carries her dog during an evacuation, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, in the town of Irpin outside Kyiv, Ukraine, March 13, 2022. REUTERS

A woman fleeing Ukraine holds her dog as she passes the Moldova-Ukraine border near Palanca Village, Moldova, 13 March 2022. EPA

A woman holding a small dog walks in front of an apartment in a block which was destroyed by an artillery strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, March 14, 2022. AP

A woman feeds her dog on the platform as people fleeing Ukraine arrive to the main railway station in Prague, Czech Republic, 15 March 2022. EPA

A woman fleeing Russia's invasion of Ukraine carries a dog as she gets on a train to Budapest departing from Zahony, Hungary March 15, 2022. REUTERS

A woman plays with her dog in a temporary shelter in a gym of a high school in Przemysl, near the Ukrainian-Polish border, on March 15, 2022. AFP