Frontline battle cats: Meet Ukraine’s surprising secret weapon | Frontline | Daily Mail

Frontline battle cats: Meet Ukraine’s surprising secret weapon | Frontline | Daily Mail Murka is a timid little cat who lost a rear leg to Russian artillery fire in a frontline village in Donetsk. She still won’t allow herself to be petted by the Ukrainian soldiers who tended her wounds and saved her life. But as she is a stray and no longer able to hunt efficiently, she is dependent on them for food. And so Murka has become a ghostly, hopping presence on the margins of their field kitchen. The soldiers make sure she doesn’t go hungry. Another cat, Dusia, was abandoned when her civilian owners fled the Russian advance and is now under the care of a fire support company of the frontline 41st Brigade. Reporter: Richard Pendlebury Cameraman: Jamie Wiseman Additional footage from: Daria Bahlai, Getty, Reuters and hromadske Translator: Oleksandr Kostiuchenko Edited by: Natasha Nellis, Nishan Chilkuri and Lisa Snell Motion Graphics: Riccardo Fissore Read the incredible story HERE: #frontline #ukraine #dailymail #russiaukraine #ukrainewar Daily Mail Homepage: Daily Mail Facebook: Daily Mail IG: Daily Mail Snap: Daily Mail Twitter: Daily Mail Pinterest: Get the free Daily Mail mobile app: