Almaz, Bessie and Rita — Mine-Search Dogs in the AFU

"In the canine centre, dogs are trained in 2 directions — guard and mine detection. And in the mine detection direction, there are branches: some dogs are trained to work on surfaces — in vehicles and premises, others — "on the ground" to detect anti-tank and anti-personnel mines," captain Leonid Levchenko, head of the department for searching for explosive objects with mine-detecting dogs.

Body armour for dogs weighs 4.5 kg