“Under the Umbrella” is an association of volunteers who have been producing camouflage nets since 2014. Since then, our nets have undergone many tests in combat conditions and have received high praise and positive feedback from professional military personnel for their quality and reliability.Initially, the Vinichenko family started weaving the nets: their mother Valentyna Stepanivna and daughter Kateryna are well-known in Zaporizhzhia as tour guides with a unique approach. Kateryna is a light industry technologist by profession. Since 2014, she has been weaving protective gear for our defenders. Over the year, Kateryna has tested many weaving techniques and eventually developed her own methodology.Kateryna received a state award from the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine for this design. The technology continues to improve due to constant testing in combat conditions and feedback from the military.Since 2015, volunteers have woven more than 150,000 m2 of nets. In particular, since 24 February 2022 they have woven about 40,000 m2. These can camouflage 3,100 tanks or armoured personnel carriers and cover 150 km of trenches.Over the past year, a group of weaving masters have formed around the founders, attracting many enthusiastic people to join. Now our team includes more than 50 volunteers, including residents of Zaporizhzhia and displaced people from the temporarily occupied territories.
We regularly publish reports about our activities on our Facebook page.