Into the Dragon’s Teeth — Ukraine Rushes Timber to it’s Front Line

As Russia prepares to deploy North Koreans to the Ukraine meat grinder—which has now passed 1 million causalities—Ukraine is shipping more timber to the country’s first line of defence. It comes as the state-owned Forests of Ukraine has signed off on a new contract with the Ministry of Defence, accelerating the shipment of wood to arrive on the front lines in a matter of days.

The new contract comes as Zelenskyy scrambles to deliver sawlog and processed lumber to reinforce military reinforcements by any means possible. So far, more than 11,000 cubic metres of pine have been shipped from the branches of Polissia, Stolychne, Slobozhanskyi, Northern, and Central forest offices to the frontline regions to construct engineering and military facilities.

The timber’s final destinations will include Kharkiv—now under heavy fire—Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson regions. Wood Central understands that the timber will help construct fortifications—including dugouts, fireworks, and trenches — as part of Ukraine’s first line of defence: