Fishing Nets Defend Ukraine from Drones

Old fishing nets from the Pacific Northwest are getting a second chance at life, now shielding

Ukrainians from Russian drones.

An Alaska recycling company called Net Your Problem teams up with a Boston investment

firm, Ground Squirrel Ventures, to ship these retired trawl.

Gill and CNETs straight to war zones.

Hungover doors, windows, and even roads, they tangle up incoming drones before they can

explode in harm soldiers or civilians.

Here this week on April 22nd, they loaded 29,000 pounds of nets into a 40-foot container

in Newport, Oregon.

This marks another big shipment since the project kicked off last year, when Ground Squirrel

Ventures first heard about the idea from aid workers in.

Ukraine.

Eric Close, the firm's founder, connected the dots after visiting bomb shelters in Kiev

and seeing the damage firsthand.

Folks involved are fired up about the impact.

The Cole Baker from Net Your Problem says, it's like saving lives, just like her nurse

sister does in the ICU.

Close calls it a win for keeping nets out of oceans while spreading freedom, and he's

funding the shipping to make it happen.

Their team sees it as supporting human dignity in a tough fight.

Meanwhile, similar nets from European farms and fisheries are covering hospitals, markets,

and supply routes across Ukraine.

Soldiers report drones getting snagged mid-air, preventing blasts.

Coast Squirrel Ventures aims for four to six containers a year, giving fishermen a way

to repurpose gear instead of dumping it.

This clever reuse shows how everyday waste can turn into frontline defense, keeping

the momentum going for Ukraine's defenders and anyone stepping up.

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