The other day, an open cynological tournament, dedicated to the memory of the Hero of Ukraine Colonel Dmytro Kaplunov, was held on the basis of Mezhyhiriia National Park.

Dmytro Vitaliiovych Kaplunov is the Hero of Ukraine, Colonel, an employee of the Center of Special Operation “A” of the Security Service of Ukraine. He was a dog specialist and a sniper. In December, 2019, he died tragically while performing a task in the JFO area.

Sixty five participants were registered at the tournament. According to tasks of the tournament, military working dogs had to look for smell of explosives, drugs and weapons.

In accordance with the results of competitions, the Security Service of Ukraine team secured first place, the second place – dog specialists of the National Police of Ukraine, and the third place – dog training center “Brih”. The Defence Intelligence of Ukraine team won the fourth place.