cnn's sarah schneider talks to anmal rescue center in poland taking on pet refugees. >> reporter: this. she is a survivor of war. medically what is wrong with her? is she sick? >> yes, she's sick. she's in bad condition. >> reporter: she's dehydrated. >> okay. >> reporter: she's scared. >> she has lots of problems, an pan, creitis, maybe worms. >> reporter: she also has a tumor that needs to be removed. she's not aggressive or she's just letting you do what she needs you to do. >> reporter: ois veterinarian must poke and prod her to find out just how sick she really is. everything is in this dog's ear, dirt, wax. >> we must clean for seven days. >> seven days you have to keep doing this. >> reporter: the staff at the foundation treats these dogs as their own. it is a no-kill animal shelter in poland. hundreds of animals from war torn ukraine are being cared for here. the humans have not slept much since the war began in neighboring ukraine. they are just a few miles from the polish ukrainian border. the staff has been driving into war torn ukraine to save truckloads of shelter animals

in the latest episode i talk with cnn's sarah schneider on her reporting on the refugee crisis and whatuch a great reporter, she sees these moments others might miss. she has an ability to capther them and weave them into the story she's telling. we talk about that and why those moments are important. i also have a conversation with clarissa ward in another podcast and nick paten walsh. if you want to listen scan the qr code on your screen or you can just find it on your favorite podcast. it's called tug-of-war. stay with cnn for the latest from ukraine. the news continues right now. i want to turn things over to don who's in slovakia tonight. don? >> reporter: anderson, as you know this is the biggest humanitarian crisis in europe since world war ii and the nato and u.s. are going to have to do a lot of assuring to the people here to ensure they know they're on their side. also the defense secretary lloyd austin met today with hi