Ukrainian firefighters rescue kitten from burning building

Ukrainian firefighters rescue kitten from burning building
The kitten was rescued from a burning building in Kharkiv (State Emergency Service of Ukraine/AP)

Ukrainian firefighters known for rescuing people from buildings hit by shelling in more than six months of war turned their attention at the weekend to a furry victim – a grey and white kitten.

The rescuers  battled raging flames and smoke to pull the kitten out from under a metal chair in the rubble of a large wooden hotel-restaurant complex hit by a rocket in Ukraine’s second-largest city, Kharkiv, the country’s emergency services said on Sunday.

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