"Our main task is to stabilize the children, help them cope with a really stressful situation. Here the children can play, sing, draw, play with our dog. If they need psychological help, we work individually as well," Serdyuk told Reuters.
One refugee, Daniil Savchenko, 20, cradled his pug dog Milo as he recounted his flight from Russian-occupied Berdiansk with his mother.
"(Milo) is definitely scared because even a small movement to the vet, which takes like 10 minutes in our native city, is a very big stress for him...," he said.
"I would actually go to (join) the army if it were not for my mom because I don't want her to have to live without me," he said, as his mother, in tears, kissed and stroked Milo.
