guwahati many students from assam refused to leave wartorn ukraine without their pets when the indian embassy was making arrangements for their evacuation the embassy refused to entertain their pleas to allow them to carry their european cats but at the same time officials were in a dilemma the city of sumy was being shelled violently and the students needed urgent evacuation finally the norms were eased on friday the assam house in the national capital brimmed over with happy faces of returnees and their furry friendslast year when abul kalam azad a fifthyear student of the sumy state university adopted a oneandahalfmonth old cat he was overjoyed and felt privileged in ukraine cat adoption is very popular and parents of cats get priority in social circles i adopted maxim from the roadside in sumy city abul told toi from new delhiwhen the war broke out and evacuation of foreigners started his biggest worry was his pet embassy people and local guardians said priority is being given to the evacuation of humans we were informed that it would not be possible to evacuate both pets and students when maxim and i were in the bunker i cried thinking we would soon be separated said abul a resident of barpeta he added that no government department was giving him an noc no objection certificate needed for international travel of pets so he spread the word around that someone should come forward to adopt his cat since he would not be allowed to take it with himthen we heard that they were allowing students to carry cats and dogs with them we were so relieved he saidassam house in delhi now has four students with pets waiting for their onward journey to guwahati neelima hussain from guwahati came to delhi with a red european cat named oreo one day she found a lady in ukraine giving away her cat and she took it oreo was my roommate and my support we were together for two years and then the war broke out whenever there was a siren we went to the bunker together he was scared of the sound said neelima when we were being evacuated i decided i would not leave him alone we will suffer together i am really thankful to the government and evacuation experts for saving oreo she said