Ukrainian locals are engineering an obstacle to protect their cities and towns from Russian tanks. The "steel hedgehogs," also known as "Czech hedgehogs," date back to anti-tank engineering developed ...

STORY: This is a large property company in Kyiv. Instead of homes and offices, the KAN real estate developer is now making giant, metal anti-tank barricades known as "hedgehogs". And smaller spiked ...

In the Ukrainian city of Lviv, furniture maker Tarass Filipchak has been using his metalworking skills to aid in his country’s defense. He is one of dozens of Ukrainians across the country with ...

A couple of metal beams. That’s it. The Czech hedgehog is a simple antitank defense that, for Americans, Europeans and Russians alike, evokes images of World War II. Allied soldiers had to navigate ...

KYIV (Reuters) – As Russian troops closed in on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv on Thursday, a muddy construction site in a local neighbourhood was teeming with workers and welders of the KAN real estate ...

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KYIV, March 3 (Reuters) - As Russian troops closed in on Ukraine's capital Kyiv on Thursday, a muddy construction site in a local neighbourhood was teeming with workers and welders of the KAN real ...