While they were tending to the rubble of a fallen house, they heard the squeal of a puppy.
There, underneath the wreckage, the police uncovered a tiny black puppy, shivering and covered in dust.
Afterward, both he and the dog received proper medical attention, but are believed to be recovering well.
Ukrainian police rescue a puppy from a fallen house near Donetsk that was bombed by Russian forces.
Its 77-year-old owner survived the shelling but didn’t know where the pup had gone.
The police sprung into action, digging up the rubble to uncover the lost animal.