.Russian volunteers are sending pussy-cats to combat off rodent infestations in the field of battle troughs in the course of the nation's intrusion of Ukraine, regional media mentioned Monday." The soldiers grumbled to me that they're plagued through mice," volunteer Vladimir Malygin told the state-affiliated media electrical outlet Tatar Inform." Felines conserved the Hermitage during the course of the Great Patriotic War [The Second World War], so I believed why not send them kitties," stated Malygin, that heads a military-patriotic nightclub in Russia's state of Tatarstan.Communicating during a local 12-hour military recruitment telethon, Malygin flaunted an orange domestic feline called Ryzhik that he mentioned awaited release.Russian media accentuated his reputation between "hot, dear felines coming from Tatarstan for our boys" and obviously "man-eating" cats staying in Russian-occupied far eastern Ukraine." Kitties coming from Donetsk are actually also pet cats, but sadly they stray the areas where, as you understand, there are several lifeless soldiers," Malygin mentioned, clarifying the inspiration behind his project.Tatarstan, home to around 2 thousand Tatars, an ethnic minority of Turkic source, offers several of the nation's best single settlements for new military employees at 1.5 million rubles ($ 17,000).Tatarstan's armed forces recruitment project made headlines recently for encouraging 100,000-ruble ($ 1,100) perks for those who register a pal or member of the family.Besides the so-called "frontline felines," Tatarstan's telethon included prominent Tatar performers, soldiers, officials as well as volunteers.