A veterinarian from a viral video of kittens being saved from flooding in Kherson is continuing to work nonstop on the heartrending rescue work while recovering from severe issues with his own heart.
To a new mission, caring for these beloved but abandoned pets. this week cnn s heroes salutes ukraine s vet crew. anderson cooper shares their story. all this situation in ukraine will be three, four days. so i lot of people just closed animals in apartments, in houses, and think that everything will be fine. for more than a year now, they have been rescuing and cares for dogs and cats by the hundreds in ukraine. despite the danger, they put their lives at risk, even driving to the front lines to vaccinate and feed animals. russian army a lot of times shooting our car, and we have a lot of holes. each animal for us is like our family. the vet crew s work earned them support from millions on social media. they say it s all those encouraging messages that keep
Crew. anderson cooper shares their story. the situation in ukraine will be three, four days, so a lot of people just closed animals in apartments, in houses, and think that everything will be fine. reporter: for more than a year, they ve been rescuing and caring for dogs and cats by the hundreds in ukraine, despite the danger they put their lives at risk, even driving to the front lines to vaccinate and feed animals. a lot of times, shooting at our car and we have a lot of holes. each animal for us, it s like our family. rept s all those encouraging messages that keep them going. a lot of people write us, guys, ho on, you are heroes.
For what they hoped would only be days. for two veterinarians who specialized in exotic animal rescue the situation led them to a new mission, caring for these beloved but abandoned pets. this week cnn heroes salutes ukraine s vet crew, leonid and valentina. ander cooper shares the story. in ukraine, three, four days, a lot of people, just clothes, animals in apartments, in houses, and think that everything will be fine. reporter: for more than a year now they ve been rescuing and caring for dogs and cats by the hundreds in ukraine. despite the danger they put their lives at risk, even driving to the front lines to vaccinate and feed animals. russian army a lot of times shooting our car, and we have a lot of holes. each animal for us is it s
Like our family. reporter: the vet crew s work earned support from millions on social media. they say it s all those encouraging messages that keep them going. a lot of people write us, guys, hold on, you are heroes. it s huge, huge support, and we are very grateful. to get the full story on ukraine s vet crew and to nominate your own cnn here go to cnn heroes.com. a special tanks to audi for joining us this morning at the table. thank you guys for having me, this is awesome. you always make it happy, thank you. see you all tomorrow we ll be in washington at the white house correspondents dinner. cnn news continues right now with cnn news central. developing this morning, major missile attacks across