We usually express gratitude to our international partners for the security assistance,” tweeted Ukraine’s ministry of defence on August 28th. “But today we want to give a shout-out to a unique entity—North Atlantic Fellas Organisation #nafo.” Below the message was a picture of a dog, clad in Ukrainian army uniform, and looking serene as rockets from a himars launcher streaked into the sky behind him. “Thanks for your fierce fight against kremlin’s propaganda &trolls.” the tweet went on. “We salute you, fellas!”

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