Posted on May 29, 2022
How a Facebook page for Irish setter lovers helped Ukrainians flee with their dogs
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."She searched her Facebook group for dog lovers in Ukraine
Levitin combed the thousands of members of the Irish setter Facebook group, looking for Russian and Ukrainian names.
"I saw Yuri Mazarenko, so for me it was evident he was a Russian-speaking or Ukrainian-speaking person," she says. "So I just wrote to him. I said, 'Hi, my name is Macha. I'm writing to you from France. If you need any help, tell me how can I help you.'"
Mazurenko, 61, remembers what was happening when he got that first message. "Oh yes," he says with an ironic chortle. "We were crouching next to a wall, being bombed."...
..."She searched her Facebook group for dog lovers in Ukraine
Levitin combed the thousands of members of the Irish setter Facebook group, looking for Russian and Ukrainian names.
"I saw Yuri Mazarenko, so for me it was evident he was a Russian-speaking or Ukrainian-speaking person," she says. "So I just wrote to him. I said, 'Hi, my name is Macha. I'm writing to you from France. If you need any help, tell me how can I help you.'"
Mazurenko, 61, remembers what was happening when he got that first message. "Oh yes," he says with an ironic chortle. "We were crouching next to a wall, being bombed."...
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