Fishermen in Brittany have begun sending used fishing nets to Ukraine, where they are adapted to protect both the armed forces and civilians from drones. These have found uses both in the frontline cities and on the front line itself.
The shipment of 280 kilometres of used fishing bets has been organised by Kernic Solidarités, which set to work following an appeal from Ukrainians in France. The organisation’s president, Gerard Le Duf, said that the fishing community immediately responded to the request for help.
‘When we learned that Ukraine needed nets, the fishing community responded quickly. There are enough fishing nets in our region,’ he said.
‘The problem is that we don’t know what to do with them, because several companies that used to process them have closed. If Ukrainians need them to create anti-drone walls and save lives, let them take them.
Initially, these nets were used to protect medical centres near the front line, and now they are used on roads, bridges, and at hospital entrances.
The shipment of fishing nets from France follows a number of donations of nets from Sweden and Denmark, where Operation Change has already routed 400 tonnes of used nets that are used for drone protection along the front lines.
