As Ukrainian troops battle Russian forces, volunteers are helping out where they can. Everything from making hot meals for the troops to creating much-needed body armor and sorting donated goods is being done by those who are able.
Ukrainian Citizens Continue To Mobilize Against The Russian Invasion
- By RFE/RL
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Women working in cramped conditions make soldiers' vests in Vynohradiv in western Ukraine on March 23.
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A volunteer in Vynohradiv makes vests that will be worn by soldiers.
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Volunteers bake bread for servicemen in the northeastern city of Kharkiv on March 22.
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An older man does his bit to help the war effort. Men aged 18-60 have been mobilized to serve in the military.
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Men work on leaf-spring plates to make body armor in Vynohradiv on March 23.
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A volunteer in the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhya makes steel plates that will be used for armored vests.
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Workers make metal plates in a small factory that is aiding the war effort in Zaporizhzhya.
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Volunteers make body armor and backpacks in Zaporizhzhya on March 21.
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Female volunteers process boxes of humanitarian aid in Briukhovychi, near Lviv in western Ukraine.
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A volunteer sorts through boxes of humanitarian aid in Briukhovychi.
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Volunteers rest among bags of clothes that need to be sorted and distributed in Lviv on March 19.
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Volunteers sing the Ukrainian national anthem in an old theater in the southwestern port city of Odesa on March 13.
