YASYNUVATA, Ukraine: In the mid-day heat, a dozen volunteers are spading dry soil in the pro-Russian separatist east of Ukraine, digging a new line of trenches aimed at keeping out Kiev’s tanks.
“We are preparing reserve positions in the event of a possible offensive by Kiev,” says Oleg, a 49-year-old unemployed man.
The trench-digging project was launched a month ago by a separatist battalion called Vostok, or east.
In front of Oleg stretch several hundred metres of trenches, equipped with three shelters made of tree trunks. All were dug by Oleg and his fellow separatist supporters.
Calling themselves “volunteers”, a group of 20 …read more
Source: theSun
