Frontline Dog Day celebrated at Victory Museum in Moscow

STORY: Frontline Dog Day celebrated at Victory Museum in Moscow DATELINE: Aug. 22, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:23 LOCATION: Moscow CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of people presenting flowers to the statue of a frontline dog (Courtesy of Victory Museum) 2. various of statue of a frontline dog (Courtesy of Victory Museum) 3. various of simulation drill (Courtesy of Victory Museum) STORYLINE: The sixth Frontline Dog Day was celebrated Sunday at the Victory Museum, one of the world's largest war and history museums, in Moscow. This annual family festival of four-legged heroes is dedicated to the feat and service of dogs during the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945). This year, the event brought together around 2,000 people. The Frontline Dog Day was established in honor of a heroic deed of an army shepherd called Dina. During the war, she dropped off explosives in front of the upcoming Germans but survived herself. Dogs like Dina were used not just to search for explosives and weapons, but also to detain crimin