Cat rescued from Slovyansk rubble after five days - video
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Ukrainian emergency crews rescued a cat in Slovyansk (Photo: SES in Donetsk Oblast / Facebook 22 г)
Rescuers in Slovyansk pulled a live cat from apartment rubble five days after a Russian FAB-250 bomb strike, the State Emergency Service (SES) reported on Oct. 22.
The rescue operation was documented in video released by the Main Directorate of the State Emergency Service in Donetsk Oblast.
Footage published by first responders showed the feline firmly wedged beneath fractured reinforced-concrete structural panels. The animal had remained trapped without food or water since the nighttime bombardment. Rescuers successfully chipped away the surrounding concrete, extracted the uninjured pet, and reunited it with its surviving owners.
"In moments like these, you understand with acute clarity that every single life matters," the rescuers said.
"Even when there is so much agony around us, the chance to save another life gives us the strength to keep working. This tiny furry resident has been given a second chance at a safe tomorrow."
Overnight into Oct. 17, Russian aerospace forces conducted glide-bomb strikes utilizing FAB-250 high-explosive ordnance against a dense civilian micro-district in Slovyansk. The aerial blast wave and direct hits damaged eight multi-story residential towers, causing partial structural collapses across two apartment buildings.
Emergency rescue teams conducted round-the-clock operations for five continuous days, dismantling and clearing over 200 tons of pulverized building masonry, twisted rebar, and collapsed roof sections.
First responders pulled the bodies of seven deceased civilians from beneath the wreckage, including an off-duty member of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine. Twelve additional residents sustained blast injuries and shrapnel wounds and remain under hospital care.
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