Combat dolphins in Crimea will be transferred to the Russian navy in a final act of humiliation for the Ukrainian army. The combat dolphin programme in the peninsula will be "preserved and redirected" to the Russian navy, an employee at the Sevastopol oceanarium told Russian news agency RIA Novosti.
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The animals will be used to "search and locate enemy divers" and carry "spy equipment" for the Russian navy.