Mykhailo Drapatyi: Ukrainians hope new commander will end army’s ‘Soviet culture’
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الجارديان - دولي
22 يوليو, 2026
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.
Behind the controls, on the chaotic streets of Mariupol on 9 May 2014, was a little-known officer named Mykhailo Drapatyi. 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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