A group of best friends are preparing to drive two ambulances filled with veterinary medical supplies to Ukraine to help animals caught in the crossfire of the war
Tobias Sullivan, Rhys Edwards, Jordan Bailey and Jake Trask, from Southend, Essex, will be embarking on the 1,829-mile (2,943km) trip in aid of Animal Rescue Kharkiv
The front-line organisation strives to save all types of animals left wounded or abandoned due to the ongoing conflict between Ukraine and Russia
The group of friends will deliver the supplies in two, bright yellow and green emergency vehicles, which they bought for £3,500, before getting a train and a plane back home
Trask, 33, said he was initially "really nervous" about travelling to Ukraine, but was reassured by the "good team of people" around him
"We are in safe hands, we are mentally prepared for it, and we are smart and savvy, so it's just about having our wits about us when we're out there," he said
The ambitious excursion to Ukraine, for which the group has raised nearly £9,000, will begin on Tuesday night and take the four friends about four days
The group plan to get a ferry to Calais and then drive to Berlin and then Warsaw, before crossing into Ukraine and being escorted to Kyiv and Kharkiv
The "old friends from back in the day" will then hand over the ambulances, which will be "full to the brim" with everything from bandages and syringes to food and toys
The group will then get a train from Ukraine to Poland before boarding a plane to the UK.
According to Trask, Animal Rescue Kharkiv supports cats, dogs, fish, lions, tigers, but its mission has become increasingly difficult due to drone attacks.
It is just horrendous and so horrible, and a lot of the animals don't know what's going on - they're very dazed and confused," he added.
These vets are going into these rubble-style homes where dogs are clinging onto the last bit of bedding and toys to try and get by - they're really scared
"But they still need to be kept happy," he said
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