Does an Indian doctor refuse to leave war-hit Ukraine without his pet Jaguar and panther?

 According to reports, an Indian doctor is trapped in the basement of a Ukrainian home with his pet panther, a jaguar.

The war between Russia and Ukraine: Girikumar Patil of Andhra Pradesh claims he can't leave his pets in Ukraine because of the turmoil.

Girikumar Patil, 40, of Andhra Pradesh, resides in Severodonetsk, in eastern Ukraine's rebel-held Donbas area, during the Russia-Ukraine conflict. (Photo courtesy of Jaguar Kumar on Facebook.)

According to the BBC, a doctor from Andhra Pradesh refuses to leave conflict-torn Ukraine without his cats, a panther and a jaguar, and has spent four times more to feed them during the war.

Girikumar Patil, 40, resides in Severodonetsk, in the rebel-held Donbas area of eastern Ukraine. He has been hiding in his home's basement for almost a week, only coming out to fetch food for his dogs.

Patil told the BBC, "My huge cats have begun spending evenings in the basement with me." "There has been a lot of bombing in our area." The kitties are frightened. They are consuming fewer calories. "I can't abandon them."

Patil paid $35,000 for the large cats from a zoo in Kyiv, Ukraine's capital, about two years ago. He.