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November 2023

News and updates from November 2023.

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Our mechanic found what was wrong with the gear box of the green Opel truck we brought in for repairs. The defect was "hard to spot" :) Now the issue here is that this truck model is quite rare and old and spare parts for it are nowhere to be found, not in Ukraine, not in…Read more: Our mechanic found what was wrong with the gear box of the green Opel truck we…

One person was going to the eastern front to the 17th tank brigade delivering water and food. They stopped by our volunteer center and we also supplied a 5x6 camo netting and some medications for them. All of the goodies have been delivered to their destination.

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A 9x7m camouflage net for the 4th assault battalion of the 783rd brigade. Thank you everyone for the donations which allowed us to buy the materials to make these nets. They do make a huge difference on the front lines.

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The cut strips of fabric we bought recently is arriving at our volunteer center from the factory. It will be turned into camouflage netting really soon.

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Six more rolls of fabric have been purchased to keep up with the net production. Most are white and gray for snow patterns, but we still make nets out of green/brown fabric too, especially for the southern front where winters are not as snowy. The cost of material is about $700.

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A Ukrainian defender was on rehabilitation after being wounded. He has finished his treatment and is returning to the front on Monday. He stopped by to pick up a camouflage net for his vehicle. The volunteers gave him a warm welcome as they should for a hero.

Sergey gives a brief tour of our volunteer center's camouflage net production facilities. As he mentioned in the video, the production capacity has increased about four-fold, so we need to buy more fabric to keep up with production. Please consider donating on the Donate page to…Read more: Sergey gives a brief tour of our volunteer center's camouflage net production…

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We are ramping up manufacturing of winter rain ponchos. The material that we purchased last week is already turned into the first batch of ponchos. A 200 m roll of fabric makes around 73 ponchos. We have purchased another roll for about $570 which was paid for with the money…Read more: We are ramping up manufacturing of winter rain ponchos. The material that we…

A newly-formed sapper battalion of the 783rd brigade was in need of some help and word-of-mouth lead them to us. We worked with them to meet their needs and they put in their request for rain ponchos and camouflage nets. Part of that request we have already fulfilled and provided…Read more: A newly-formed sapper battalion of the 783rd brigade was in need of some help…