As Russian forces inch closer to the country’s capital, many restaurants and businesses have closed their doors.
While bombs rain down and streets empty in Ukraine, there’s one place that still remains open…
The owners of a cat café in the western city of Lviv, say they are not leaving Ukraine and under no circumstances will they ever leave their cats behind. Scroll down for video…
The owners of the cat café ad the beautiful, well-behaved cats said:
“If we go, who will feed our cats? We will never leave Ukraine…there are 20 cats here to feed and this is our life” they added.
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“They stay because they love their cats. It just made me realise at this moment that people stay for so many different reasons,” CNN journalist Erin Brunett reported.
It is a dark and heavy day here. But I found something that couldn’t stop a smile. The only food I saw open – Cat Cafe. The owners are making food with what they have – they smiled: “Our cats are brave”. pic.twitter.com/wAGEF9oPfW
— Erin Burnett (@ErinBurnett) February 25, 2022