🇺🇦 Weaving Tirelessly To Save Lives: Another Reason Why Ukraine Will Win This War
To the volunteers at By_Porokhova in Lviv 💛 💙
In November, I spent a few days in their delightful company.
This organisation has made camouflage nets since the Russian invasion in 2022. Nets that save lives by shielding tanks, vehicles and equipment.
On the second floor of an Art Nouveau house in central Lviv, volunteers gather day after day, weaving tirelessly, only interrupted by a scrumptious tea break at midday.
The work may look easy, but I soon discovered it is not. I also have a suspicion that these ladies were particularly quality-conscious: the right mix of colours, a meticulous variety of patterns, neither too tight nor too loose. All to make it look natural.
Each weaver had a technique of their own, distinct from the others, leaving a personal signature on every net, much like a work of art.
On my last day, I was asked to move to another net, “so we can get this one finished.”
I have a long way to go in my career as a camo net weaver. Thanks for bearing with me.
The ceremony in which they roll a finished net together while singing the national anthem is one of my best moments from 2025.
Thank you Olga, Nina, Nataliia, Maria, Anna, Kateryna, Olena, and the rest of the lovely ladies for all you do for your soldiers, your country, and for humanity. Ukraine will win this war.
Merry Christmas to you all 🎄
Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦
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