Russian Official Wanted to Use Dogs as Suicide Bombers in Ukraine: ReportTo treat the homeless animal problem in Russia, Viktor Makarov, deputy for the Communist Party in Oryol, suggested using homeless dogs as suicide bombers to "blow up tanks" in Ukraine, the Orel Times reported Friday.Rajan Menon, director of the Grand Strategy program at Defense Priorities, told Newsweek on Saturday that "this may be further evidence that the Russians are pulling out all the stops to prevail" in its ongoing war with Ukraine."Russian President Vladimir Putin held an hour-long telephone conversation with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on December 2 in which Putin falsely stated that Western financial and military aid to Ukraine creates a situation in which the Ukrainian government outright rejects talks between Moscow and Kyiv and called upon Scholz to reconsider Germany's approach regarding developments in Ukraine," the U.S.-based think tank said Friday.Putin's spokesperson Dmitry Peskov also said while President Joe Biden seems to be demanding the removal of Russian forces from Ukraine as a precondition for negotiations, the "special military operation" would continue.The ISW concluded that Putin is not interested in seriously negotiating with Ukraine and retains maximalist objectives for the war."