{"id":6141,"date":"2025-05-08T00:01:06","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T00:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/she-fed-all-the-birds-dogs-and-cats-64-year-old-animal-rescue-volunteer-and-son-killed-in-russian-attack-on-kyiv\/"},"modified":"2025-05-08T00:01:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T00:01:06","slug":"she-fed-all-the-birds-dogs-and-cats-64-year-old-animal-rescue-volunteer-and-son-killed-in-russian-attack-on-kyiv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/she-fed-all-the-birds-dogs-and-cats-64-year-old-animal-rescue-volunteer-and-son-killed-in-russian-attack-on-kyiv\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;She fed all the birds, dogs, and cats&#8217; \u2014 64-year-old animal rescue volunteer and son killed in Russian attack on Kyiv"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/DSC7662.jpg\" alt=\"'She fed all the birds, dogs, and cats' \u2014 64-year-old animal rescue volunteer and son killed in Russian attack on Kyiv\"><\/p>\n<p>Serhii Mandryk was on a call with acquaintances in Canada in the early hours of May 7. An air raid alert had sounded in Kyiv a few hours earlier but he decided to stay at home and go ahead with it rather than head for a shelter.<\/p>\n<p>He assured everyone that &#8220;everything is fine,&#8221; but five minutes later he heard the familiar buzz of a <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/russia\/\">Russian<\/a> attack drone overhead.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Then an explosion,&#8221; the retired photographer told the Kyiv Independent later that day, standing outside the damaged five-storey apartment building in which he lived.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Shards from the window fell. I saw that the balcony above my apartment was on fire. I was not injured, but my apartment was damaged, windows were shattered, and tiles fell off the walls,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>The building, in the Shevchenkivskyi district of <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/kyiv\/\">Kyiv<\/a> now has a large, black hole on the upper floor where the drone struck. Passersby look on in shock. Some take photos.<\/p>\n<p>The smell of spring chestnut blossoms mixes with that of burnt furniture \u2014 glass shards, a blackened potato, and parts of the <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/drones\/\">drone<\/a> lie in the grass nearby.<\/p>\n<p><!--kg-card-begin: html--><\/p>\n<div class=\"photoquote__wrapper photoquote__wrapper_left\">\n<div class=\"photoquote__text-wrapper\">\n<p class=\"photoquote__text\">&#8220;Shards from the window fell. I saw that the balcony above my apartment was on fire.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"photoquote__img-wrapper\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" width height src=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/upd_DSC7724.jpg\" alt=\"'She fed all the birds, dogs, and cats' \u2014 64-year-old animal rescue volunteer and son killed in Russian attack on Kyiv\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"photoquote__img-caption\">Serhii Mandryk who lives in the residential building damaged as a result of a Russian drone attack on Kyiv on May 7, 2025 (Danylo Antoniuk\/The Kyiv Independent)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--kg-card-end: html--><\/p>\n<p>While Mandryk was lucky to escape uninjured, others were less fortunate. Russia had launched a combined <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/fires-explosions-reported-in-kyiv-amid-russian-drone-attack\/\">missile and drone attack on Kyiv<\/a> overnight, killing two people and injuring eight others, including four children.<\/p>\n<p>Three of the children were hospitalized with severe burns.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/tkachenkotymur\/1104\">two people who died<\/a> lived in the same building as Mandryk \u2014 a 64-year-old woman identified as Tetiana by residents in the building, and her son in his late 20s.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=981927427444140\">Kyiv Animal Rescue Group<\/a>, both were volunteers for the organization and looked after 10 cats in their apartment. Only one is known to have survived the drone attack.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Tetiana and I grew up together,&#8221; Liudmyla, a resident on the fourth floor of the building who asked to only be identified by her first name, told the Kyiv Independent.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My God, she was still active, even though she was a pensioner. She fed all the birds, dogs, and cats,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-card-hascaption\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.kyivindependent.com\/content\/images\/2025\/05\/_DSC7631.webp\"><source type=\"image\/jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/DSC7631.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/DSC7631.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt=\"'She fed all the birds, dogs, and cats' \u2014 64-year-old animal rescue volunteer and son killed in Russian attack on Kyiv\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/picture><figcaption>A local resident holds her cat near the residential building damaged as a result of a Russian drone attack in Kyiv, Ukraine on May 7, 2025 (Danylo Antoniuk\/The Kyiv Independent)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Outside the damaged building, a team of volunteers are already at work, handing out coffee, water, pies, and mashed potatoes with meat cutlets.<\/p>\n<p>Near the tent they&#8217;ve set up as their temporary base, a woman sits cradling her 11-year-old black cat, Krasulia. A tag depicting the Ukrainian flag hangs around its neck.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She&#8217;s a poor thing,&#8221; the woman told the Kyiv Independent, requesting not to be named.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She crawled under the bed. I had to pull her out \u2014 everyone was panicking. We woke up to the sound of air defenses and then we heard a drone flying very low,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>And then the drone struck \u2014 she and her children ran out of the building as a neighbor went round banging on doors to make sure everyone was getting out.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-width-wide kg-card-hascaption\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.kyivindependent.com\/content\/images\/2025\/05\/_DSC3438.webp\"><source type=\"image\/jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/DSC3438.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/DSC3438.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt=\"'She fed all the birds, dogs, and cats' \u2014 64-year-old animal rescue volunteer and son killed in Russian attack on Kyiv\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/picture><figcaption>A view on a burned flat of a residential building damaged as a result of a Russian drone attack in Kyiv, Ukraine on May 07, 2025 (Danylo Antoniuk\/The Kyiv Independent)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-width-wide kg-card-hascaption\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.kyivindependent.com\/content\/images\/2025\/05\/_DSC3446.webp\"><source type=\"image\/jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/DSC3446.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/DSC3446.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt=\"'She fed all the birds, dogs, and cats' \u2014 64-year-old animal rescue volunteer and son killed in Russian attack on Kyiv\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/picture><figcaption>A view on a burned flat of a residential building damaged as a result of a Russian drone attack in Kyiv, Ukraine on May 07, 2025 (Danylo Antoniuk\/The Kyiv Independent)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The attack on the Ukrainian capital was yet another in a <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/trump-promised-peace-in-100-days-but-russias-violence-against-ukraine-has-only-escalated\/\">series of devastating attacks on civilians<\/a> over recent weeks, a damning indictment of the ongoing, U.S.-led effort to bring about an end to Russia&#8217;s full-scale invasion.<\/p>\n<p>It also came ahead of a supposed ceasefire, unilaterally declared by the Kremlin to mark Russia&#8217;s Victory Day celebrations on May 9.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Many times, Russians promised something, but they don&#8217;t keep their word. We don\u2019t trust (them),&#8221; Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said at the site of the attack as he advised those affected on how to claim compensation for the damage caused.<\/p>\n<p><!--kg-card-begin: html--><\/p>\n<div class=\"photoquote__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"photoquote__text-wrapper\">\n<p class=\"photoquote__text\">&#8220;Imagine how these people in the damaged apartments feel.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"photoquote__img-wrapper\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" width height src=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/upd_DSC7644.jpg\" alt=\"'She fed all the birds, dogs, and cats' \u2014 64-year-old animal rescue volunteer and son killed in Russian attack on Kyiv\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"photoquote__img-caption\">Oleh Borysovych who lives near the site of the attack on Kyiv on May 7 (Danylo Antoniuk\/The Kyiv Independent)<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--kg-card-end: html--><\/p>\n<p>The attack also damaged a supermarket, a pharmacy, a Ukrposhta post office, and several cars.<\/p>\n<p>Oleh Borysovych, a resident from a nearby neighborhood, visits the area hit by the drone most days. He often stops here to buy onions and peas from women selling goods in an informal street market near the metro station.<\/p>\n<p>He feels fortunate it was not his building that was struck. &#8220;We are the ones standing on the sidelines and watching. Imagine how these people (in the damaged apartments) feel,&#8221; he told the Kyiv Independent.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-image-card kg-width-wide kg-card-hascaption\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.kyivindependent.com\/content\/images\/2025\/05\/_DSC7616.webp\"><source type=\"image\/jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/DSC7616.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/DSC7616.jpg\" class=\"kg-image\" alt=\"'She fed all the birds, dogs, and cats' \u2014 64-year-old animal rescue volunteer and son killed in Russian attack on Kyiv\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/picture><figcaption>Yan Bedrytskyi poses for a portrait as he speaks to The Kyiv Independent journalists in Kyiv, Ukraine on May 7, 2025 (Danylo Antoniuk\/The Kyiv Independent)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At the damaged post office, employees clear debris and broken glass. Yan Bedrytskyi, the head of Ukrposhta\u2019s real estate management center for Kyiv Oblast, told the Kyiv Independent that postal workers were ensuring the branch would be up and running by tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We can\u2019t stop our work \u2014 we have to keep serving people, distributing pensions,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>But his optimism about the work of his company is not reflected in his views of Russia and the prospect of peace.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don\u2019t see anything in this ceasefire. It won\u2019t solve anything. We\u2019ve already had a ceasefire before \u2014 and it ended in war,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-bookmark-card\"><a class=\"kg-bookmark-container\" href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/kyivs-air-defense-increasingly-under-pressure-amid-missile-shortage\/\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-title\">Amid missile shortage, Ukraine\u2019s air defenses are struggling under Russian ballistic attacks<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-description\">As the air defense missile stocks run low and the future of U.S. military aid to Ukraine grows increasingly uncertain, Kyiv is under pressure to defend its sky. The concerns mount as Russia scales up its aerial attacks across Ukraine, combining ballistic missiles and drones to overwhelm air defenses.<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-metadata\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"kg-bookmark-icon\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.kyivindependent.com\/content\/images\/size\/w256h256\/format\/png\/2023\/03\/K-new.svg\" alt=\"'She fed all the birds, dogs, and cats' \u2014 64-year-old animal rescue volunteer and son killed in Russian attack on Kyiv\"><span class=\"kg-bookmark-author\">The Kyiv Independent<\/span><span class=\"kg-bookmark-publisher\">Asami Terajima<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2211070082-3.jpg\" alt=\"'She fed all the birds, dogs, and cats' \u2014 64-year-old animal rescue volunteer and son killed in Russian attack on Kyiv\"><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p> &#8211; https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/ukraine\/rss\/<\/p>\n<p>This article appeared on the websitekyivindependent.com<br \/>\nThis article is taken based on Law no. 8\/1996 of Romania. 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