With the outbreak of the war, the woman left the country, carrying on her shoulder her elderly German shepherd who could no longer walk for 17km
Alisa, 35, is one of the many women who have left Ukraine in recent days, heading to Poland with her human and non-human family, but her story is incredible because despite the difficulties of the journey, fears and all the risks that the girl and her family took, this did not prevent her from running away from the country by walking 17 kilometers with her dog Pulya on her shoulders, a 12 and a half year old German shepherd who cannot walk due to age .
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His life took a sad direction already on February 23 with the death of his father who, due to the outbreak of the conflict, was unable to give a proper burial. Already decided to leave Kiev where she lived with her husband, children and Pulya, Alisa had managed to plan the move to Poland thanks to the German company for which she works as a computer programmer and with a very small car she had left for the border with her mother. , their sister, their two husbands, four children, Pulya and another dog. Nine of them in a car, plus the two dogs, for 16 hours of travel, but she didn't end there.
Once they approached a small village near the Polish border, the two families had to queue between the endless lines of cars that had been standing there for who knows how long, but not being able to sleep in the car and wait two, three or four days, they decided to abandon the vehicle and continue on foot.
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The family set out at 4 in the morning with the freezing cold of these days, but to make the long journey even more complex there were the conditions of Pulya who cannot walk much due to her advanced age. Alisa then took her four-legged friend in her arms and loaded him on her shoulders, traveling 17 kilometers with him, taking turns with her husband to the border where she was forced to greet him due to the law in force in Ukraine which calls the men to arms and forbids them to leave the country.
Alisa, the children and the other two women crossed the border, together with their pets and there they realized that they were really safe, all of them.
It was a very hard journey, between mountains and rivers. My babies were crying because of the cold, I also wanted to cry and give up, but I couldn't. I asked the cars and other people to help us with the dog, but everyone told us to leave them there, but our dogs are an integral part of our family, they lived happy and sad moments with us "
Alisa told The Guardian, in the section dedicated to readers' stories. The photos of her and her story are now going around the world.
Leaving the dog she has shared her entire life with has never been an option for her to consider.
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