"The Girl with the Dog" Anastasia Zinchenko Returns Home from Wuhan

But she has not yet said how exactly the return went.

Ukrainian Anastasia Zinchenko, who became known online for refusing to evacuate Wuhan without her dog, has finally returned home. She shared this on Instagram.

"I'm home. When the time comes, and I gather my thoughts and rest, I will tell you the story of how we came back home. For now, I'm enjoying Olivier salad, shashlik, pilaf and herring under a fur coat. Happy May holidays to everyone," the young woman wrote.

The woman did not manage to evacuate because she was not allowed to take her dog with her. Anastasia's decision to stay with her pet received wide coverage in the press. The woman was called by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, who assured her she would be brought home.

FC Shakhtar offered to send a club plane to the Chinese city of Wuhan to bring Ukrainian Anastasia Zinchenko back. Later, Anastasia posted a thank-you message to the football club and announced her imminent return home. 

In the end, neither Volodymyr Zelensky nor FC Shakhtar sent a plane for the woman or helped her with the evacuation. Information appeared online that the president had suggested she leave the dog at the embassy and evacuate, but Zinchenko refuted this information and called it fake.