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Boy who struggled with his kittens from Ukraine found alive in snowy mountains of Romania: “Peaches kept my heart warm”

A Ukrainian man who launched a deadly escape escape war torn country She was once rescued from a deep mountain ravine in sub-zero temperatures in Romania with a significant other: her month-old kitten named Peach.

Multiple rescuers worked in a harsh blizzard to save 28-year-old Vladislav Duda, who was found “soaked and frozen” and severely hypothermic in a 400-metre (437-yard) deep ravine at the end of the Northern MaramureÈ™ Pocket. Was, in line with Pocket’s mountain rescue provider. Duda fled Ukraine to avoid joining his country’s militia fighting Russia.

“The cat was warm and was warming her… so she saved her life,” Dan Benga, director of the Maramures mountain rescue provider, told The Related Press. “We saw that he only cared about the cat. He didn’t care about himself.”

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In this image provided by Romanian mountain rescue provider Salvamont Maramures, Peach the cat emerges from the jacket of her owner, Vladislav Duda, 28, of Ukraine, in the Carpathian Mountains, northern Romania, Friday, Dec. 6. 2024 He was then rescued from a deep mountain ravine in an environment of severe hypothermia.

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When rescuers located the Ukrainian, they opened his jacket and found Peach hidden inside. Benga remembers asking Duda if he was okay once, to which he replied: “I’m happy because my cat is alive. I got a chance for a new life from God. The happiest moment was this That cat is here with me.” Benga remembered Duda’s pronunciation.

The brown kitten, a tomcat named “Peach” in Ukrainian, was experiencing the effects of malnutrition, but they ran out of food four days ago and melted snow helped keep him alive.

“It’s like a dream, after all I’ve been through, I was just hoping to be found and survive,” Duda, who works as a journalist in Ukraine, told the AP. “Peach kept my heart warm and she kept my faith alive.”

A helicopter recovery was initially announced but was canceled due to poor weather hampering visibility. Rescuers in the area then began a difficult task through deep snow and temperatures as low as minus 10 °C (14 °F) until they reached the pair.

During the complex climb out of the ravine, which took more than five hours, the Ukrainian would no longer lose his kitten. He held Peach to his chest “from bottom to top … until we put her in the ambulance,” Benga said. “He just said ‘Please take care of the cat.’

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In this icon, commissioned by Romanian mountain rescue provider Salvamont MaramureÈ™, Peach the cat is kept at the Animal Med vet health center and rescued for three days together with her owner, 28-year-old Vladislav Duda from Ukraine. Past a deep mountain valley in Baia Mare, Romania, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024.

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Close to suffering from frostbite, Duda is now receiving anti-inflammatory treatment and blood flow treatment, said Izabella Kiskasza, who runs a public center for Ukrainian refugees in MaramureÈ™ and is assisting both. Peach received veterinary care at Baia Mare on Monday and is expected to make a full recovery.

Duda had left his home in Ukraine’s war-torn Kharkiv region shortly before he became trapped with his partner in the Carpathian Mountain region spanning northern Romania and southwestern Ukraine.

Presen Peach is the first kitten rescued from a mountainous Romanian area Duda is one of a number of Ukrainian men who risked their lives crossing the brutal conditions of the mountains to avoid getting caught up in their country’s difficult war with Russia Is.

More than 160 Ukrainian men have been rescued from Romania’s Maramures pocket since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, and the number has doubled every year since then, Benga said. Another 16 were found dead.

He said two alternative Ukrainian draft-aged men of the same generation as Duda were rescued via helicopter.

“A lot of people are coming, but they don’t have any medical problems… and they don’t call for help,” Benga said. “The people who are calling for help are in the last few hours of their lives.”

Ukraine has taken steps to increase its lake of draft-eligible men, although the efforts have created only superficial scratches in the face of a superior Russian military. In April, Ukraine’s parliament passed a law reducing their draft-eligible weeks for men from twenty-seven to twenty-five.

abandonment It could also deplete the manpower the Ukrainian military desperately needs to provide a powerful presence in its conflict with Russia. The US, which has recommended Ukraine draft additional troops and make allowances for the recruitment of people under the age of 18, on Saturday pledged an unused $988 million military aid package to Ukraine in its war with Russia. announced, as Washington rushes to deliver aid. beyond kiev Newly elected President Donald Trump takes office,

“What I remember is the fear of the unknown and the fear of not making it through the night alive,” Duda recalled Monday. “My peaches kept me alive. We were afraid of everyone while we were on the run, lest we be sent back to fight in a war that wasn’t ours.”

in accordance with united nationsAs of November 2024, there are approximately 4 million internally displaced persons in Ukraine and 6.8 million refugees from Ukraine were recorded globally.

Keeping the animal welfare team in mind four pawsSince the beginning of the conflict, hundreds of puppies, dogs and cats were misplaced or isolated. In 2022, a German group arranged for asylum at the Ukraine-Poland border help rescue Stranded Pets.

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