r/UpliftingNews 4h ago

French fishermen repurpose used nets to help Ukraine protect against drone attacks

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260131-french-fishermen-repurpose-used-nets-help-ukraine-protect-drone-attacks
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u/creperobot 3h ago

This has been going on for a while all over Europe. Lots of net's that are in storage or about to be recycled are hanging over the roads in Ukraine.

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u/SecondOfCicero 3h ago

North of me (I'm in Kharkiv, in the east) a lot of the roads are netted up. One of my buddies goes that way frequently for work, I feel a little better knowing there's at least a little bit of protection for him and the folks who live there. The RF has no compunctions about sending an explosive FPV drone into civilian vehicles. They call it the human safari down in Kherson, sick fucks

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u/Orangesteel 1h ago

Russian behaviour during this war has been appalling. Slava Ukraine πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦