UKRAINE RUSSIA CONFLICT

Volunteer produces trench candles for Ukrainian soldiers on the frontline

epa11037847 Retired Ukrainian Fedir Popovych, 79, melts wax to make trench candles at a workshop in Zaporizhia, southeastern Ukraine, 19 December 2023, amid the Russian invasion. On 23 February 2022, Fedir left his native village near Polohy, in the Zaporizhia region, before it was cocupied by Russian forces. In the spring of 2022, he joined the volunteer organization 'Palianytsia' and has since been working to meet the needs of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. During the warm season, he produces camouflage nets, and in the winter, he is responsible for producing trench candles -- empty cans stuffed with a mixture of wood shavings or cardboard sheets and filled with hot paraffin or wax. He produces approximately 500 candles per day, working 5 to 6 hours. The volunteers then deliver the finished candles to frontline positions near Zaporizhia. Fedir's main goal is to achieve 'victory' and return to his home village as soon as possible. EPA/KATERYNA KLOCHKO

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