Polish animal advocates are driving into Ukraine to rescue stranded pets and sometimes their owners, often at great risk to their own safety.
Dogs with known owners will be kept safe until they’re retrieved in the future. Wera, a bronze cocker spaniel with a white patch on her chest, is staying at a shelter, Judyta Fundacja Dla Szczeniąt, or Judyta Foundation for Puppie, while her human, a Ukrainian man, fights for his country. He dropped her off at the Poland-Ukraine border with a weapon in one arm and Wera in the other.