.Russian volunteers are sending out pet cats to fight off rodent problems in the field of battle trenches throughout the nation's attack of Ukraine, neighborhood media disclosed Monday." The soldiers whined to me that they're pestered by computer mice," volunteer Vladimir Malygin told the state-affiliated media channel Tatar Inform." Pet cats saved the Hermitage in the course of the Great Patriotic War [World War II], so I believed why not send them cats," mentioned Malygin, that moves a military-patriotic club in Russia's republic of Tatarstan.Communicating during a local 12-hour army recruitment telethon, Malygin exhibited an orange domestic kitty called Ryzhik that he mentioned awaited release.Russian media drew attention to his reputation between "hot, dear pet cats from Tatarstan for our lads" as well as evidently "man-eating" felines living in Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine." Felines coming from Donetsk are also pussy-cats, yet regretfully they stroll the areas where, as you know, there are many lifeless soldiers," Malygin claimed, clarifying the inspiration behind his initiative.Tatarstan, home to around 2 thousand Tatars, an ethnic minority of Turkic origin, provides some of the nation's highest possible one-time remittances for brand-new military recruits at 1.5 million rubles ($ 17,000).Tatarstan's military employment campaign made headlines last week for appealing 100,000-ruble ($ 1,100) perks for those that join a close friend or even member of the family.Besides the so-called "frontline pussy-cats," Tatarstan's telethon included well-known Tatar musicians, soldiers, authorities and volunteers.