Cisternino’s appeal: “Help us” “We have been without water and food for more than 24 hours, help us”. This is the alarm sounded by the former Roman photographer, who set up an animal shelter in northern Kyiv, by a message sent on Saturday. “I am at the shelter with four people, including three women, and 453 animals of all species. We have been without water for more than 24 hours, without food for animals and humans. We ask for help.
“Ready to Die with My Pets” Cisternino is located on the territory occupied by the Russian army. At the shelter, “they managed to get undrinkable water from a nearby well, but they are at risk of dying of hunger and thirst,” reports journalist Claudio Locatelli. “To save him it would be necessary to get help from the Red Cross, but it is necessary for the Ukrainian government to activate it.” In some interviews made available to the Italian media in recent weeks, Cisternino had stated that he did not want to leave the shelter and was ready to die with his animals.
The embassy is following the case The Italian Embassy in Ukraine, currently located in Lviv, is closely and closely following the Cisternino affair. At the moment, the position of the Italian is “difficult to achieve. On February 12, the diplomatic headquarters recalled, Farnesina asked the Italians for the first time to leave the country temporarily because of deteriorating security conditions.
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