Our hearts continue to be with the people of Ukraine, who have been facing an ongoing military invasion by Russian forces.

We’ve been moved and inspired by stories of resilience by the Ukrainian people. Many of these stories involve animals: people risking their lives to protect local pets and animals, and animals returning the favor by helping Ukrainian forces.

Like one heroic little dog, who has been hard at work helping to clear explosives.

A viral video shared by the State Emergency Service of Ukraine shows the dog named Patron who is the “mascot” of explosions experts in Chernihiv, who is specially trained to sniff out Russian explosive devices.

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