Russia has shown its solidarity with France by donating a puppy to carry on the memory of the police dog that was killed by a suicide bomber on Wednesday.

The little puppy, called Dobrynia, has been sent to Paris by the Russian government to help ‘in the fight against terrorism’.

It will be trained up to continue to vital work that Diesel, a seven-year-old Belgian shepherd, was doing before she was killed in the raid on the apartment block in Saint-Denis, where Paris massacre mastermind Abdelhamid Abaaoud was hiding out.

Diesel, a member of the SWAT team, was sent into the building to sniff out booby traps ahead of her human colleagues – and was caught up in the explosion after the first suicide bomber blew themselves up.

Diesel’s death at the hands of the terrorist sparked an outpouring of sympathy from around the world – and it seems even Vladimir Putin was touched by the tale.

He ordered the tiny puppy to be sent to France, to eventually join the team of officers who had so cherished Diesel.

The Russian Interior Ministry, which shared pictures of Dobrynia on the social network site, has written to France explaining the gift.

In the letter, Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev said: ‘I ask you to accept from Russian’s police dog handlers this shepherd puppy, who will be able to take his place in the ranks of Diesel, your dog who died doing his duty.’

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