KYIV — Soon after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Kyiv’s top diplomat made a very personal and little-known policy decision: He encouraged Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry staff to bring their dogs ...

Photos show the dogs and cats Ukrainian soldiers keep as pets on the front lines. Pets have long accompanied troops in war, with some serving important operational roles and others there for morale.

FEDORIVKA, Ukraine – The Western appetite to volunteer and donate to help Ukraine has largely dwindled more than two years after Russia’s invasion of its neighbor — increasing the suffering of some of ...

UKRAINE (WNCT) — Ukrainian dogs displaced by the June destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam and affected by the war have been rescued and reunited with their families by local shelters and charities ...

Lavr, a Ukrainian dog fitted with titanium prosthetic front paws, is helping war veterans recover at a rehabilitation center in Kyiv. Viacheslav Zaporozhets, Lavr’s owner and the center's founder, ...

ROCKY HILL, CT (WFSB) - Dogs rescued from Ukraine are looking for their forever home, but they’re lending a helping paw to someone who needs their help from day to day. It’s the mission of the Forever ...

Mriya is a search and rescue dog in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-biggest city and one of the most heavily-bombarded places on Earth. She was trained to use her keen sense of smell to find people trapped ...

SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Mey, a Belgian shepherd, and her trainer Kenan Muftic learned how to effectively detect mines and unexploded ordnance last week, negotiating various obstacles and scenarios in a ...

"She likes biting," said Vasyl Velychko, using his remaining hand to fend off an excited German shepherd called Ira at a dog shelter in Lviv, western Ukraine. Velychko is one of tens of thousands of ...

Stealthy and agile, they could soon become an invaluable ally on the front line for an Ukrainian army that is short on manpower. A robot dog leaps into the air ...

A full-scale Russian invasion left almost a third of Ukraine hazardous because of mines. Contaminated territory is reduced by 35,000 square kilometers with 130,000 operations of the pyrotechnic units ...