Hundreds of cats and dogs killed in attacks on Ukrainian animal shelter

As many as 260 cats and 100 dogs perished in the attacks on the ‘Best Friends’ shelter near Kyiv, say bosses

Hundreds of cats and dogs have been killed in a series of attacks on an animal shelter southwest of Kyiv, The Independent has learned.

Managers at the ‘Best Friends’ animal shelter near Makariv in the Kyiv Oblast have spent weeks rebuilding their site after losing almost everything in what they say were Russian bombings.

Elena Artykhovych, a volunteer, said the first attack took place on 1 March, just under a week into the Russian invasion.