YASYNUVATA: A dozen volunteers dug a new line of trenches in the pro-Russian separatist east of Ukraine to keep out Kiev’s tanks.
“We are preparing reserve positions in the event of a possible offensive by Kiev,” says 49-year-old Oleg.
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 or 30 gather at weekends near a cemetery on the outskirts of Yasynuvata, a …read more
Source: Pakistan Today
