From the headlines: The power of love: Dog too injured to move from a track is saved by her companion who protects her from trains for TWO DAYS

• Lucy was stranded on tracks in Ukraine, too injured to move
• But her male friend Panda kept her alive for two days on the tracks
• He kept pushing her head down when trains zoomed over them
• They even stayed snuggled together after they were rescued

Cold, injured and stranded on a train track for two days, this terrified dog faced certain death.

But thanks to her loving companion who faithfully protected her until help arrived, Lucy survived the horrifying ordeal.

She was too injured to move from the tracks in Ukraine but her male friend Panda kept her alive by curling up next to her and pushing her head down when trains zoomed over.

Faithful dog saves friend’s life as she lies injured on train tracks

The spine-tingling footage shows the train hurtling towards the dogs as they cower on the tracks

The pair can be seen huddling together and staying very still as the train thunders over their bodies

Incredibly, the train passes and the dogs appear unharmed

But thanks to her loving companion Panda protecting her until help arrived, the pooch Lucy miraculously survived the ordeal.

Lucy was too injured to move from the tracks in Ukraine, but Panda kept her alive by curling up next to her and pushing her head down when trains zoomed over.

If locals in Uzhgorod came too close, then Panda barked to scare them away.
The pair were discovered by Denis Malafeyev, who shared a spine-tingling video of the dogs ducking as a train sped over their heads.

Loyal Panda stayed by Lucy’s side for two days saving her life by keeping her warm and protecting her as trains sped over them

The loved-up pups were eventually rescued and continue to snuggle together in the car boot on the way to the vets.

Mr Malafeyev said it was unclear how Lucy was injured and she may have been hit by a train crossing the track.

He said: “It’s such a touching story. I got a phone call from a friend who said that there were two dogs lying on the railway track near Tseglovka village for two days.
“When we arrived, it turned out that one of the dogs, the female, was injured and couldn’t move.
“But the male dog was protecting her from us. I saw a train approaching – and felt sick.

The pair are now safe and sound after their two-day ordeal and their owners have been tracked

“The male dog heard the sound of the approaching train, came close to the female dog and lay down next to her.
“Both of them pushed their heads towards the ground, and let the train pass.
“The male dog was doing this for two days in a row. Think about it. He was keeping her warm.
“I don’t know what to call this: instinct, love, friendship, loyalty?

“One thing I know for sure, not all the people would do the same as this.”

Mr Malafeyev said the dogs were now “safe and sound” after their terrifying ordeal, and Lucy had no fractures but severe bruising.

It comes just a few weeks after firefighters launched a nine-hour rescue mission to save a dog trapped in tunnel 15ft underground in Dorset.

Panda and Lucy’s owners were tracked down and the pair were returned to them.