Hundreds of dogs have died at an animal shelter in Ukraine after being locked in their cages since the start of the Russian invasion, according to reports.
More than 300 dogs have reportedly died in Ukraine 's Borodyanka since February 24.
Charity UAnimals said 485 dogs were locked in their cages as volunteers were unable to return to the shelter because of the war.
When volunteers finally did manage to go back on Friday, they sadly found only 150 of the 485 dogs alive, CBS News reports.
Oleksandra Matviichuk, lawyer and head of Ukraine nonprofit Centre for Civil Liberties, tweeted a video which appeared to show dead dogs piled up on the floor.
She wrote: "I have no words. Russians even killed dozens of dogs in Kyiv region. Why??"
The charity said 27 of the dogs which survived were in a critical condition and have been taken to clinics for treatment.
UAnimals has taken in some of the dogs themselves while they are also offering a reward of 50,000 hryvnias (£1,293) for anyone willing to look after any of the others, the Independent reports.
Last month it was reported that Ukrainians in Mariupol were forced to kill and eat dogs due to the lack of food.
The southern port city was being bombarded for most of the month and became surrounded by Russian forces, which were stopping crucial supplies getting in.
Dmytro, a businessman who left the city, said that people in Mariupol were resorting to desperate measures.
“You hear the words but it’s impossible to really take them in, to believe this is happening,” he told the FT on claims that people were having to eat dogs.
“It is hell on earth.”
President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday Ukraine had no option but to negotiate with Russia to end fighting but that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin might not personally hold talks.
Zelensky was speaking after accusing Russian troops of carrying out extra-judicial killings in the town of Bucha west of the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv.
Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said the reports of civilian killings in Bucha were "fakes" aimed at discrediting Russia.
Moscow said it would present "empirical evidence" to a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday proving its forces were not involved.
"All of us, including myself, will perceive even the possibility of negotiations as a challenge," Zelensky said in an interview with Ukrainian journalists broadcast on national television.
"The challenge is internal, first of all, one's own, human challenge. Then, when you pull yourself together, and you have to do it, I think that we have no other choice."
