members of the territorial defense requesting armor before they head to the front lines. before the war, vitale was a lawyer and an amateur reenactor of scenes from the first world war when ukrainian nationalists fought against russian boll she vicks. several days into this modern war, he asked his mother-in-law to help sew armor, when his son's god father couldn't find a flak jacket before heading off to combat. this orperation relies on donations and improvisation. >> this is some padding for the flak jackets to go around the armor plates, and they're made from the material that you use for floor mats for cars. >> reporter: the armor plates com from scrap metal scavenged from old cars, welded and reworked by volunteer mechanics, and field tested. >> so taken out plates to a firing range, and this is six