Posts Tagged ‘shovels’

In Siberia, volunteers wage war on Russia’s wildfires with shovels and saws

The little domed tents of the volunteer firefighters in the clearing of a Siberian forest can be hard to see — even from only a few steps away — because of the choking smoke. Their shovels and saws seem to be tiny tools against the vast blaze, like toy weapons brought to a war. But […]

People power! Donbass locals take up shovels, confront Ukrainian troops building dugout

     Observers of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine recently witnessed a conflict between Donbass local residents and Ukrainian forces involved in a military operation in eastern Ukraine. “In government-controlled Sopyne the SMM observed about 40-50 residents (of various ages, over half of whom were women) angrily confront 10 Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers,” […]

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