MYKHAILO DRAPATYI: UKRAINIANS HOPE NEW COMMANDER WILL END ARMY’S ‘SOVIET CULTURE’
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Drapatyi has long been a critic of the military’s command culture, but experts warn change could take time Through a haze of smoke, a lone Ukrainian armoured vehicle suddenly burst into view. The BMP-2 accelerated towards a barricade of tyres and debris, smashing through it in seconds as protesters scattered.
According to The Guardian, Drapatyi has long been a critic of the military’s command culture, but experts warn change could take time Through a haze of smoke, a lone Ukrainian armoured vehicle suddenly burst into view.
The available RSS description adds: The BMP-2 accelerated towards a barricade of tyres and debris, smashing through it in seconds as protesters scattered.
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- The Guardian: Drapatyi has long been a critic of the military’s command culture, but experts warn change could take time Through a haze of smoke, a lone Ukrainian armoured vehicle suddenly burst into view.
- The Guardian: The BMP-2 accelerated towards a barricade of tyres and debris, smashing through it in seconds as protesters scattered.
- The Guardian: Behind the controls, on the chaotic streets of Mariupol on 9 May 2014, was a little-known officer named Mykhailo Drapatyi.
- The Guardian: The footage became one of the defining images of Russia’s first attempt to seize eastern Ukraine, and made Drapatyi one of Ukraine’s military heroes.
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- 22/07/2026, 18:48 PRIMARY FEED MYKHAILO DRAPATYI: UKRAINIANS HOPE NEW COMMANDER WILL END ARMY’S ‘SOVIET CULTURE’ (The Guardian • 1 hr ago) [Story Intel]
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