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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]“Everyone knows: if Briulik is somewhere, Pastor is also there!”<\/em> says Den Babenko, the chaplain of the 107th Mariupol Battalion of the 109th Independent Brigade of the Territorial Defence Forces. The rule also applies vice versa: if there is Pastor somewhere, there is also a small Yorkshire terrier called Briulia there.<\/span><\/p>\n

Den\u2019s call sign is Pastor. He actually serves as a pastor of the Protestant denomination in his native Pokrovsk. Long before the full-scale war, he had opened a centre for people with drug and alcohol addiction there. In 2014, he founded the Misto Myloserdia (The City of Mercy) project, which fed the needy on the streets of Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad. The project is still active today. Before the full-scale invasion, Den started organising a volunteer centre in Pokrovsk, and in the first days of the great war he joined the Territorial Defence Forces.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now Den serves as a military chaplain. The military unit is stationed in Pokrovsk, and almost every day he drives to the frontline towns and villages to evacuate civilians. He often goes to the zero line to take out the wounded or deliver ammunition. Den organises donations for the purchase of bulletproof vests, cars, thermal imagers and transports all the necessary items to the frontline.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text]\n

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<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n [\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]To tell us about his comrade Briulia, Den calls himself:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014 I’m sorry I couldn’t talk yesterday. I had to take the wounded guys out at night, but I was not allowed to drive a car to the positions. They were taken out this morning.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014 Did the dog travel with you?<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2014 Yes. This is not just a dog \u2014 he is actually a friend, a warmate. Moreover, he is my personal psychologist. My combat Yorkie Briulia. He is 6 years old and he is my pet dog.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014 If Briulia is a pet, why did you decide to take him with you?<\/b>
\n<\/b>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\u2014 <\/span>Due to circumstances. I knew that the russians would attack here. And I had no other thoughts than to take the family out. The worst thing that could happen was if they got to my family. Therefore, I sent my ex-wife and daughters to England, my wife and son <\/span>\u2014<\/span> to Germany. I had no one to leave Briulia with. I could have sent him with my family, but we didn’t know what would happen at the border. Therefore, we decided that the dog would stay here.<\/span><\/p>\n

I was afraid that the russians could get to my relatives, as I have been wanted in the “DPR” since 2015. They did not occupy Pokrovsk then, but their morons were here. When they came, there were only a few places in the town where Ukrainian flags hung. One of them was hanging over my church. They started calling me: they said, \u201cTake it off, or we will set everything on fire.\u201d About a week after they were expelled from Pokrovsk, I got a call, \u201c<\/span>Good afternoon, this is the \u2018DPR\u2019 prosecutor’s office. If you don’t come within three days, we will declare you as wanted.\u201d<\/span><\/i> I said, \u201c<\/span>Okay, then I will come with the Armed Forces of Ukraine.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

At first, I did not take Briulia to the army. My mother-in-law stayed here, and I took him to her like a little child: on Monday I took him to my mother-in-law\u2019s house, and on Friday I took him for the weekend. Then we had the opportunity to rest at the military base on Saturday and Sunday. It went on like that for a couple of months, and then somehow I didn\u2019t manage to take him to my mother-in-law\u2019s place. He stayed with me for a week or two. And when I sent him to my mother-in-law again, after a while she called me and said, \u201c<\/span>Come and pick up your depressed dog. He does not eat or drink anything. Once he crawled under the sofa, he stays there.\u201d<\/span><\/i>\u00a0When I arrived, he immediately started eating plain wheat porridge. He ate and got in the car. Since then, he has always been with me. We went to various cities: Bakhmut, Soledar, Lysychansk…\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

There are a lot of abandoned animals in danger near the frontline. UAnimals evacuation team does a couple of trips a month to rescue them. You can help to save more animals!<\/span><\/p>\n

I love him very much and would like him to be around.<\/span><\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]\n

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There are a lot of abandoned animals in danger near the frontline. UAnimals evacuation team does a couple of trips a month to rescue them. You can help to save more animals!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Support UAnimals<\/div>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n [vc_column_text]\u2014 Where did he live with you?<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2014 We lived on the base. I have various tasks: to go somewhere, pick up people, evacuate… And he is always with me! Always! When we are allowed, we spend the night at home in Pokrovsk.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014 Has Briulia’s character changed during this time?<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2014 He was calmer before the war. And in the conditions of war, he became a kind of master.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u2014 Does he chase cats?<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2014 Now he does. He used to have a cat friend, but he died during the war. He chases all dogs, especially big ones. One day he got into trouble because of this. He was lucky that there was snow then. He ran up to the husky, and she kicked him with her paw \u2014 a knock! He fell into a pile of snow, and the big dog did not find him there. Otherwise, he would have been beaten.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now Briulik got used to the military, he considers them as warmates. I had an incident… I was given a furlough, I came to Lviv and met my wife there. And so, Briulik was running towards her, and my wife called out, \u201cBriulik!\u201d, spreading her arms for a hug. And he ran past her. It turned out that two soldiers were standing behind her, and he was running towards them. The wife was offended, \u201c<\/span>Briulik, you are a traitor!\u201d<\/span><\/i> And I said, \u201c<\/span>No, no, no, he is a soldier now, he is running to his people.\u201d<\/span><\/i>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”1356″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]\u2014 Does he interfere with work?<\/b>
\n<\/b>\u2014 Imagine, this is the first time in history: he is preaching with me at the pulpit! He just lays down on the stage and waits for me to finish the sermon. He knows that he has to wait. You know what it is \u2014 a dog in the church. Everyone pays attention to him. I always say, \u201cHey, pay more attention to what I’m preaching, not to the dog!\u201d<\/em><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\u2014 Do you share the military meal or buy him food separately?<\/b>
\n<\/b>\u2014 He’s cool now. Over the past six months, he has had personal volunteers who send him food every Saturday. They also offered to sew military overalls for him. I say, \u201cDon’t waste money, please, he won’t wear it!\u201d<\/i> He simply does not like to dress up, because he becomes a brake dog. You get him dressed, and he can barely move from paw to paw. He has one \u201ccoat\u201d for the most severe frost: he more or less wears it. I don’t cut his hair now, and he has become so shaggy, shaggy. \u201cYou are a curly poodle,\u201d<\/i>\u00a0I call him.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014 Does Briulia somehow support you psychologically?<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2014 Of course he does! Before the war, we lived one life, we were happy… Everything has changed. At least, I have seen my son since the beginning of the full-scale war, but not my daughters \u2014 only through video chat on Telegram. Sometimes, sad days come. And he understands that I’m sad.<\/span><\/p>\n

When everyone was evacuated from Pokrovsk, I talked to him like to a person. I just told him about my pain and asked, \u201c<\/span>Do you understand?\u201d<\/span><\/i>\u00a0And now I can sit opposite him and talk.<\/span><\/p>\n

And sometimes I scold him. We get to the positions, somewhere where we can be fired upon, and I say,<\/span> \u201cYou stay in the car.\u201d<\/span><\/i>\u00a0And he jumps out. We don’t have time. I run, and he runs after me. We run into the basement, I shout at him,<\/span> \u201cAre you stupid? I told you to stay seated!\u201d<\/span><\/i>\u00a0And he does not care: even though he is afraid, he still follows me.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014 And how do other soldiers respond to such a small terrier on combat missions?<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2014 He works for them as a psychologist too. Especially if I meet Yorkie fans, they are ready to tear me apart. They ask, \u201cWhat does he eat?\u201d <\/i>I say, \u201cWell, everything I do.\u201d<\/i> They say, \u201cWhat are you doing, he can’t eat that!\u201d <\/i>They switch from the subject of war.\u00a0 <\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Once we came to the boys of the 36th brigade near Avdiivka. And they call out, \u201c<\/span>Guys! Briulia has arrived!\u201d<\/span><\/i> They made a cartridge to hang on his collar. They presented it and said, \u201c<\/span>Look, Briulia, Patron doesn’t come here, with all due respect to Patron… And you are killing russians with marines near Avdiivka!\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

The military is a lifesaver for animals. They always feed them… The Ukrainian army loves animals, the guys take them away from the positions.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014 Does it happen that Briulia cheers you up?<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2014 <\/span>Always! This is a dog. Even though he is my friend, he remains a dog.<\/span><\/p>\n

Every morning he lies down and watches until I open my eyes. As soon as I open them, he accelerates and jumps on me! He doesn’t calm down until he washes me off.<\/span><\/p>\n

And once he saved me.<\/i><\/p>\n

Once we had the task of bringing a full bus of \u2018goodies\u2019 to treat the russians. I was driving near Karlivka. It was just the two of us with Briulia. He started fussing, jumping off and on me… He had never done that before. I said, \u201c<\/span>Do you want to go outside? Let\u2019s go.\u201d<\/span><\/i> I stopped, opened the door… And he ran out and sat down. I was already angry, \u201cSo, either you do your job or I\u2019m leaving.\u201d He sat for a while, then jumped back in and we drove off. And then a shelling from Grad<\/span> system began in front of us: bang, bang! There were wounded people there. And if we hadn’t stopped… I turned to him and said, \u201c<\/span>I’m sorry, mate.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u2014 And where is he now?<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2014 He is near me. Today they allowed me to spend the night at home and wash up. So we went to a coffee shop in Pokrovsk. Everyone knows him here.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text]\n

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<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n [vc_column_text]By the way, let my warmates read about Briulik. At first, the deputy battalion commander was not happy when he saw him, \u201c<\/span>Oh, fighters with a dog, that’s all we need!\u201d<\/span><\/i> A week later, I come, and he brings me bones, \u201c<\/span>This is for Briulik.\u201d<\/span><\/i>\u00a0Imagine that, he ate in the evening and thought about Briulik!<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Disclaimer from UAnimals media: <\/b>feeding a dog with bones is dangerous for the animal. Even more details about the proper nutrition of dogs are in our test.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Everyone in the battalion knows my dog. They say that he needs a combatant certificate!\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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