Amid the devastation, the silent victims of war – Ukraine’s forgotten animals – struggle to survive. Left behind in desolate, bombed-out cities and abandoned villages, with no food, no shelter, and no one to care for them, they face starvation and suffering on an unimaginable scale. Soldiers carry puppies and kittens born in the trenches to overcrowded shelters, while dogs and cats with shattered bones, torn flesh from shrapnel, and devastating landmine injuries are rushed to overstretched veterinary clinics. These are the lucky ones. Countless others are never found, their cries never heard, left to die alone. While the world watches the human toll, we cannot ignore the silent suffering of