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The average starting price to gather a Ukrainian military at the front starts at $ 1,000. For snipers and reconnaissance soldiers, the sum can reach 10 thousand dollars. This was reported in a comment to Lviv Now by Lyudmyla Ursul, a Lviv volunteer and head of the «Pokrova» Volunteer Center.
Average prices for military equipment:
Body armour – from 2.5 to 16 thousand UAH ($80-515);
Uniform – from 800 to 4.5 thousand UAH ($25-145);
Military boots – from 1.5 to 3 thousand UAH ($48-98);
Helmets – from 7 thousand UAH ($226);
Unloading vests – from 2 thousand UAH ($65);
Tactical belt – from 435 UAH ($14);
Tactical goggles, tactical gloves – from UAH 400 each ($13);
Bags for ammunition – from 90 UAH each ($3);
Knee pads, elbow pads, balaclavas, buffs – from 1 thousand UAH ($32);
Socks – from UAH 200 ($7);
Sleeping bags, mats, tents – from 1 thousand UAH ($32).
Now, according to her, there is a need for camouflage nets, including materials for them. In addition, medicines for first aid kits, in particular, strong painkillers, hemostatic, etc. NGO «Volunteer Center «Pokrova» works at street Khutorivka, 24.
It will be recalled that with the beginning of a full-scale invasion, the supply of equipment has become a bit more complicated for servicemen, but gradually, it’s beginning to level off. The first reason is the personnel in the army increased many times at one point. Secondly, it was striking that most Ukrainian productions are located in the eastern, central and northern territories.
Olha Shveda, translated by Vitalii Holich
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