A brave dog owner crammed her 20 French bulldogs into a car and drove through Ukraine as Russian bombs fell overhead - and she's preparing to return to the warzone to save more 'defenceless animals'.
Olena Lukash initially 'didn't believe a war could start' in her home country until Russian shells began to land near her house, just outside of Kyiv.
However the 53-year-old soon realised she would have to save her " four-legged children " from the terrifying threat as she decided to flee her home and head for Poland.
Photos show 20 of the dogs squeezed into the kennel owner's Hyundai Tucson for the four-day drive - the poor pooches blissfully unaware of the terror they were escaping.
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