{"id":1557657,"date":"2024-12-19T18:14:32","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T17:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/?p=1557657"},"modified":"2024-12-19T18:47:54","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T17:47:54","slug":"ukrainians-make-camouflage-nets-and-candles-to-help-soldiers-face-cold-and-snow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/en\/portada-america\/2024-12-19\/ukrainians-make-camouflage-nets-and-candles-to-help-soldiers-face-cold-and-snow\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainians make camouflage nets and candles to help soldiers face cold and snow"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1557657\" class=\"elementor elementor-1557657\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-793e9ad4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"793e9ad4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-154ea692\" data-id=\"154ea692\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31014e13 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31014e13\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Rostyslav Averchuk<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lviv, Dec 19 (EFE).- Ukrainians mobilize to help their soldiers battle the falling temperatures and snowfalls by producing camouflage nets and trench candles as combat only intensifies despite the arrival of winter.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite the cold, work is in full swing in a small shed where Svitlana and Natalia, or \u201cFireflies\u201d as they call themselves, hurry to produce hundreds of makeshift heating devices known as \u201ctrench candles,\u201d to have them shipped to the frontline as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The building is open to let some fresh air in while paraffin is melting in several large pots on a firewood stove. Once it is ready Natalia, a bookkeeper, confidently pours the hot liquid into different-sized tin cans, collected by multiple volunteers and lined up on a table nearby.<\/p>\n<p>Svitlana, a psychologist by profession, is busy stuffing the cans with hundreds of miniature pieces of carton, made out of egg trays.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to hurry up to help our guys,\u201d she tells EFE.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-rss-efe-singlepost-thumb size-rss-efe-singlepost-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/efe.com\/\/srv\/htdocs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/rss-efe804e65b4c949a17770ff1c7695be20ae5d8728a4w.jpg?fit=1920%2C1280&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Ukrainians mobilize to help soldiers brave the cold and snow on the battlefield with camouflage nets and trench sails as fighting intensifies despite the onset of winter.-EFE\/ Rostyslav Averchuk ***EDITORIAL USE ONLY\/ONLY AVAILABLE TO ILLUSTRATE ACCOMPANYING STORY (CREDIT REQUIRED)*** \" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" data-description=\"Ukrainians mobilize to help soldiers brave the cold and snow on the battlefield with camouflage nets and trench sails as fighting intensifies despite the onset of winter.-EFE\/ Rostyslav Averchuk ***EDITORIAL USE ONLY\/ONLY AVAILABLE TO ILLUSTRATE ACCOMPANYING STORY (CREDIT REQUIRED)*** \" data-image-title=\"Imagen-Ukrainians make camouflage nets and candles to help soldiers face cold and snow\" data-attachment-id=\"1557661\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/imagen-ukrainians-make-camouflage-nets-and-candles-to-help-soldiers-face-cold-and-snow-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/efe.com\/\/srv\/htdocs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/rss-efe804e65b4c949a17770ff1c7695be20ae5d8728a4w.jpg?fit=1920%2C1280&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1280\"><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Fighting the cold<\/b><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even though most soldiers are now well equipped with clothes and shoes, they can still get frostbite, having to stay in positions or fight in the open for days, Svitlana explains.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amid the piercing cold, the soldiers face a bitter choice of whether to stay warm or risk being detected by the enemy, who uses thermal vision devices and drones to find and shell them.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once the paraffin hardens in the cans, trench candles can burn for hours yet emit less heat than open fires or stoves and are thus easier to conceal, even though the risk never completely goes away.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-rss-efe-singlepost-thumb size-rss-efe-singlepost-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/efe.com\/\/srv\/htdocs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/rss-efe92bdc80f3e80f1017a35b2979a26b748a463d778w.jpg?fit=1920%2C1280&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Ukrainians are mobilizing to help soldiers brave the cold and snow on the battlefield with camouflage nets and trench sails as fighting intensifies despite the onset of winter. -EFE\/ Rostyslav Averchuk ***EDITORIAL USE ONLY\/ONLY AVAILABLE TO ILLUSTRATE ACCOMPANYING STORY (CREDIT REQUIRED)*** \" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" data-description=\"Ukrainians are mobilizing to help soldiers brave the cold and snow on the battlefield with camouflage nets and trench sails as fighting intensifies despite the onset of winter. -EFE\/ Rostyslav Averchuk ***EDITORIAL USE ONLY\/ONLY AVAILABLE TO ILLUSTRATE ACCOMPANYING STORY (CREDIT REQUIRED)*** \" data-image-title=\"Imagen-Ukrainians make camouflage nets and candles to help soldiers face cold and snow\" data-attachment-id=\"1557665\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/imagen-ukrainians-make-camouflage-nets-and-candles-to-help-soldiers-face-cold-and-snow-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/efe.com\/\/srv\/htdocs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/rss-efe92bdc80f3e80f1017a35b2979a26b748a463d778w.jpg?fit=1920%2C1280&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1280\"><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some soldiers use chemical&nbsp;heating pads or insoles, however, requests for candles keep coming in.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The smallest can be kept in a pocket and used to warm the hands up while the bigger ones are placed inside the stoves or lit to help soldiers warm up, dry up the clothes, or cook food.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cImagining that someone lights it far away in the east and says, &#8220;Oh my God, how good, how warm,&#8221; motivates me to keep going,\u201d Natalia says while coughing.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf we get cold, we could go inside to warm up. The soldiers cannot do this,\u201d Svitlana underlines.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Hiding in the snow<\/b><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another challenge emerged after the trees lost their foliage and snow covered the fields.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To help Ukrainian soldiers hide themselves and their equipment from the enemy\u2019s drones overflying the battlefield in search of targets, dozens of volunteers weave camouflage nets, used to cover anything from the trenches to air defenses and tanks.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With confident and swift movements, they attach hundreds of polyester strings onto several nets stretched vertically in a medium-sized room in the center of Lviv, while trying to avoid repetitive patterns that could capture the enemy\u2019s attention.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-rss-efe-singlepost-thumb size-rss-efe-singlepost-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/efe.com\/\/srv\/htdocs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/rss-efed2cf7336353ba52620665f60cfc08f3473134bc1w.jpg?fit=1920%2C1280&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Ukrainians mobilize to help soldiers brave the cold and snow on the battlefield with camouflage nets and trench sails as fighting intensifies despite the onset of winter. -EFE\/ Rostyslav Averchuk ***EDITORIAL USE ONLY\/ONLY AVAILABLE TO ILLUSTRATE ACCOMPANYING STORY (CREDIT REQUIRED)*** \" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" data-description=\"Ukrainians mobilize to help soldiers brave the cold and snow on the battlefield with camouflage nets and trench sails as fighting intensifies despite the onset of winter. -EFE\/ Rostyslav Averchuk ***EDITORIAL USE ONLY\/ONLY AVAILABLE TO ILLUSTRATE ACCOMPANYING STORY (CREDIT REQUIRED)*** \" data-image-title=\"Imagen-Ukrainians make camouflage nets and candles to help soldiers face cold and snow\" data-attachment-id=\"1557669\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/pre.efe.com\/imagen-ukrainians-make-camouflage-nets-and-candles-to-help-soldiers-face-cold-and-snow-4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/efe.com\/\/srv\/htdocs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/rss-efed2cf7336353ba52620665f60cfc08f3473134bc1w.jpg?fit=1920%2C1280&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1280\"><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nina, a former university professor, comes every day to prepare the stripes. Green or brown during the summer, they come in different shades of white and gray now.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEvery order comes with a detailed description of the area so that we can choose the right colors,\u201c she explains to EFE.<\/p><p>Volunteers, the oldest of which is 86 years old, work in three shifts as the demand from the soldiers is very high.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis month alone we produced thrice as much camouflage as two years ago,\u201d Olga, a coordinator of the initiative, says.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although the nets are of better quality than the mass-produced equivalents, they cannot offer complete protection, but they do help to conceal what exactly is underneath, she explains.<\/p>\n<p>Not only do they help to save valuable equipment but, crucially, save the lives of soldiers too, Vira, whose son is fighting in the east, explains.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the Russian army advances, the volunteers find support in each other and the feedback they receive from the soldiers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey need these nets there, and this inspires us to stay strong and keep working,\u201d Nina says. 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