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Separatists in a breakaway region of Ukraine have held a competition to find the self-proclaimed republic’s most patriotic cat.

The Mir Luhanshchine (Peace to Luhansk) civic movement controlled by the Russian-backed separatists in Luhansk region of Ukraine organised the contest which encouraged owners to dress their pet in the colours of the region’s unofficial flag, Ukraine’s Novosti Donbassa website reported.

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