Furry Troops: Cats Living in Special Military Op Area

All along the front line, furry troops can be found in almost every dugout. Animals from the conflict zone themselves are often attached to the military, which does not pass by the four-legged friends. Often, soldiers take their favorite pets home to their families.

Take a look at the cats living in the zone of the Russian special military operation in Sputnik's gallery:

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Cat on the hood of a car in Mariupol.

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DPR People's Militia fighter in Volnovakha.

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A street cat sits on a concrete fence partially destroyed by Ukrainian shelling in Donetsk.

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A place for housing the personnel of a logistics unit of the Ivanovo Airborne Troops of the Russian Armed Forces in the special military operation zone.

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A soldier of the special police regiment named after Hero of Russia A. A. Kadyrov of the Chechen Interior Ministry during a sweep of the residential sector in the Left Bank district of Mariupol.

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A cat at the site of the “Crimea” volunteer detachment in the Zaporozhye region.

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A kitten in a destroyed house on a street in Mariupol.

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A stray cat at the feet of a soldier of the Russian Armed Forces at the Vasilyevka Central City Hospital in the Zaporozhye region.

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An employee of the "Pif" homeless animal shelter with her pets at the shelter in Donetsk.

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