The fluffy cat was shivering from fright after becoming wedged to the snow-covered surface leaving him unable to move. Good Samaritan Sergey Baranov, 41, a knife maker from Zlatoust and his wife Yelena, 36, spotted the pet under their vehicle on one of the coldest days of winter. It took a total of SEVEN buckets of warm water to melt the ice gripping Semyon's paws. 'It must have got under the car in the evening, looking for a warm place, fell asleep and all its paws got frozen solid by the morning,' said Sergey. Sergey held the shaking cat while his wife ran back and forth from their house refilling the buckets. The front paws were freed fairly quickly, using two buckets of water. Semyon's back paws had sunk 6 centimetres into the snow which had then frozen thick. Another five buckets of ice were needed to free the paws and in all the operation took the couple seven and a half minutes. 'It's now minus 35C,' said Sergey on the remarkable video showing the cat rescue. 'You see how cold