Ukrainian wildlife charity forced to store hibernating bats in FRIDGE while they flee bombing

A Ukrainian wildlife charity has been forced to store their hibernating bats in the FRIDGE while they flee bombing.

The Bats Ukraine rescue team were looking after 93 bats that had been recovered from a building site in Dnipro when Russia invaded.

Shelling began near their site in Kharkiv two days ago and staff were forced to flee - but couldn't bear to leave the animals to almost certain death.

So they scooped up some of the bats and temporarily rehomed them in their private refrigerators to keep them safe and allow them to continue hibernating in peace.