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When Russia rolled into Ukraine, expecting a swift and glorious victory, they clearly hadn’t done their homework. If they had, they would have known that Ukrainians don’t just roll over when faced with adversity. In fact, they do quite the opposite. They improvise. They adapt. And, most importantly, they fight back with the kind of determination usually reserved for getting a free refill at a coffee shop that “doesn’t do refills.”
So, how did Ukraine’s army, often underestimated, become one of the toughest forces in the world? Well, let’s break it down.
Farmers With Tanks
Most countries boast about their air force or special operations units. Ukraine? They have tractor brigades. You know your army is something special when local farmers become a fully operational armored division overnight. The images of Ukrainian villagers casually towing away Russian tanks as if they were just another piece of broken farm equipment will go down in history as some of the finest moments of military improvisation.
Imagine being a Russian soldier calling your commander:
“Sir, we’ve lost another tank.”
“In battle?”
“…No, sir. A farmer took it.”
