Funny story about the spots, one time he was rummaging through god knows where in the house, and for days we didn’t realize there was a new, black, spot on his face 😅. turns out it was some kind of oily grease
With vet shampoo and some warm water, it came off pretty quickly.
That fucking sucks. The Russian/Slavic community here (new england, USA) is very hospitable, and many Ukrainians and Russians moved here after the “special military operation”. The local bazaar was even handing out free care packages to displaced Ukrainians.