Ukrainian welders turn donated vehicles into army transport
Car welder Ostap Datsenko, 31, works on a donated pickup truck so a volunteer can drive it to frontlines, at a welding workshop in Lviv, western Ukraine, Sunday, March 27, 2022. Datsenko says he was ready like all Ukrainian men to be called up to fight. But he had no combat experience, meaning his time was yet to come. Until then, he said, “I’m doing what I can.” (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
Welding engineer Artem Pastushyna, 27, welds parts for a vehicle that will be sent to soldiers on the frontlines, at a welding workshop in Lviv, western Ukraine, Sunday, March 27, 2022. Only a small number of the vehicles have been adapted with steel plates and camouflage like this, he says. “Many cars from Europe are driven directly from the front line.” (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — A strawberry-scented air freshener dangled from the Ukrainian military's latest vehicle to head to war.
In a welding shop in Ukraine's western city of Lviv, workers were adding steel plates to a donated pickup truck so a volunteer could drive it to the front...
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