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Protect the body: Ukraine volunteers craft armor, camouflage

Volunteers sing Ukrainian patriotic songs after having lunch at the end of their shift at a facility producing material for Ukrainian soldiers in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Friday, May 6, 2022. An old industrial complex in the southeastern Ukrainian riverside city of Zaporizhzhia has become a hive of activity for volunteers producing everything from body armor to camouflage nets, anti-tank obstacles to heating stoves and rifle slings for Ukrainian soldiers fighting the Russian invasion. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Volunteer make a camouflage net at a facility producing material for Ukrainian soldiers in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Friday, May 6, 2022. An old industrial complex in the southeastern Ukrainian riverside city of Zaporizhzhia has become a hive of activity for volunteers producing everything from body armor to camouflage nets, anti-tank obstacles to heating stoves and rifle slings for Ukrainian soldiers fighting the Russian invasion. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Volunteer welders work on metal pieces at a facility producing material for Ukrainian soldiers in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Friday, May 6, 2022. An old industrial complex in the southeastern Ukrainian riverside city of Zaporizhzhia has become a hive of activity for volunteers producing everything from body armor to camouflage nets, anti-tank obstacles to heating stoves and rifle slings for Ukrainian soldiers fighting the Russian invasion. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

A volunteer cooks at a facility producing material for Ukrainian soldiers in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Saturday, May 7, 2022. An old industrial complex in the southeastern Ukrainian riverside city of Zaporizhzhia has become a hive of activity for volunteers producing everything from body armor to camouflage nets, anti-tank obstacles to heating stoves and rifle slings for Ukrainian soldiers fighting the Russian invasion. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

A Ukrainian soldier holds his body armor metal piece with a personal inscription that reads in Ukrainian: "To my good friend from Hennadii. Come back to get some hugs", at a facility producing material for Ukrainian soldiers in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Friday, May 6, 2022. An old industrial complex in the southeastern Ukrainian riverside city of Zaporizhzhia has become a hive of activity for volunteers producing everything from body armor to camouflage nets, anti-tank obstacles to heating stoves and rifle slings for Ukrainian soldiers fighting the Russian invasion. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

A volunteer cuts pieces of metal with an angle grinder at a facility producing material for Ukrainian soldiers in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Friday, May 6, 2022. An old industrial complex in the southeastern Ukrainian riverside city of Zaporizhzhia has become a hive of activity for volunteers producing everything from body armor to camouflage nets, anti-tank obstacles to heating stoves and rifle slings for Ukrainian soldiers fighting the Russian invasion. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Fashion designer Olena Grekova, center, measures out cloth as she and other volunteers make body armor vests for Ukrainian soldiers, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on Friday, May 6, 2022. An old industrial complex in Zaporizhzhia has become a hive of activity for volunteers producing everything from body armor to camouflage nets, anti-tank obstacles to heating stoves and rifle slings for soldiers. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Volunteer welders make a portable stove at a facility producing material for Ukrainian soldiers in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Friday, May 6, 2022. An old industrial complex in the southeastern Ukrainian riverside city of Zaporizhzhia has become a hive of activity for volunteers producing everything from body armor to camouflage nets, anti-tank obstacles to heating stoves and rifle slings for Ukrainian soldiers fighting the Russian invasion. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

A volunteer places a Ukraine flag on a metal bar at a facility producing material for Ukrainian soldiers in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Friday, May 6, 2022. An old industrial complex in the southeastern Ukrainian riverside city of Zaporizhzhia has become a hive of activity for volunteers producing everything from body armor to camouflage nets, anti-tank obstacles to heating stoves and rifle slings for Ukrainian soldiers fighting the Russian invasion. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

A volunteer shapes metal plates with an angle grinder at a facility producing material for Ukrainian soldiers in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Saturday, May 7, 2022. An old industrial complex in the southeastern Ukrainian riverside city of Zaporizhzhia has become a hive of activity for volunteers producing everything from body armor to camouflage nets, anti-tank obstacles to heating stoves and rifle slings for Ukrainian soldiers fighting the Russian invasion. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Protect the body: Ukraine volunteers craft armor, camouflage