Retired service dogs from Transbaikalia were sent to fight in Ukraine.
The dogs, which are sent to their obvious death, served with border guards in the village Mangut and the village Kokuy.
"They are needed to search for people trapped under the rubble of buildings and structures," explained Transbaikal Governor Alexander Osipov. "The dogs have reached the age limit for their primary duty station and are now continuing their work in the SVO."
Back in 2022, the Oryol communist deputy Victor Makarov proposed train stray dogs in demolition work and send them to Ukraine to destroy Ukrainian tanks.
In July 2024 Tatarstan showed "combat cats" who are sent to the front. According to the head of the military-patriotic club "Legenda" Vladimir MalyginaFighting mice on the front lines with glue is inconvenient—"you could step on them with your boot." Mice are afraid of the smell of cats, and besides, "cats calm soldiers' nerves," and they're "warm, familiar, from Tatarstan."
"Donetsk cats are cats too, but unfortunately, they run around the fields, and you know, there are a lot of dead soldiers there," — Malygin explained.