Pes Patron

Pes Patron (Пес Патрон) is an educational-animated series for children published on YouTube. The aim of the series is to educate children to move safely in a war zone where are e.g. land mines and other dangers. One third of the area of Ukraine is considered dangerous to move on during the time of the debut. The series is also meant to give the children something else to think during the time of war. The primary audience are children aged 6 to 8 and older.

The series is directed by Anastasiya Falileyeva and written by Oleksandra Ruban who also came up with the idea of the series. The distribution is handled by Megogo and the opening song is made by a Ukrainian punk-rock band called Karta Svitu. The production of the series was supported by USAID and UNICEF.

A teaser for the series was published on YouTube on December 28, 2022. The first episode came out on January 7, 2023.

Plot
Patron is a Jack Russell Terrier working for the State Emergency Service of Ukraine as a bomb-sniffing dog. In the series, Patron saves other animals, defuses bombs and fights against things called bubukhi.

In addition Patron has a friend, a cat called Tom, to whom Patron tells about his adventures.

Episodes

 * Episode 1 "The Destroyed Bridge"
 * Episode 2 "Undercover agent"
 * Episode 3 "Sudden dream"
 * Episode 4 "Tom's kidnapping"
 * Episode 5 "Fire"
 * Episode 6 "Patron's rule"
 * Episode 7 "The Newbie"
 * Episode 8 "Whizz-Bangs' Laboratory"
 * Episode 9 "Unusual butterflies"
 * Episode 10 "Dangerous find"
 * Episode 11 "Club of Anonymous Fluffies"
 * Episode 12 "Explosive Diamond"
 * Episode 13 "Not like everyone else"
 * Episode 14 "The hot vlog"
 * Episode 15 "Flood"
 * Episode 16 "Postcard from Odesa"