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Russian soldiers are known to adopt stray cats as mascots for their units.

Ukrainian troops are using recordings of cat noises to fool Putin’s soldiers into opening booby-trapped wardrobes and cupboards, a Russian commander has claimed. The canny deception, said to be ...

AKITA—A furry messenger of peace from Russia passed away without witnessing the end of the Ukrainian war. The male Siberian cat, named Mir, was gifted by Russian President Vladimir Putin to ...