'Russia is waking up': In Moscow, soldiers' wives make camouflage nets, minefield signs

Natalia Yermakova, a volunteer in the "Family Battalion" organization producing camouflage netting and assembling food parcels for Russian army needs, and wife of Alexander, who was mobilised to join the country's armed forces involved in the military campaign in Ukraine, speaks during an interview at a workshop in Moscow, Russia, December 7, 2023. REUTERS/Yulia Morozova

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Natalia Yermakova's husband, Alexander, has been fighting in Ukraine for over a year after responding to President Vladimir Putin's mobilisation call as a volunteer. Wounded in the leg, he was operated on and then sent back to the front.

A believer in what Russia calls its "special military operation" against Ukraine, Natalia is toiling as a volunteer in a "Family Battalion" in Moscow.