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Mykhailo Drapatyi: Can new Ukraine army chief alter Russia war’s direction?

In 2014, a young Drapatyi became an icon for his daredevilry in Mariupol. Can he lead his military to victory?

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Kyiv, Ukraine — Ukrainian Colonel Mykhailo Drapatyi drove an armoured vehicle at breakneck speed through a barricade built by pro-Russian separatists who had just taken over the southeastern city of Mariupol.

Another armoured vehicle followed Drapatyi’s to save police officers taken hostage by the separatists in an Interior Ministry building.

It was May 9, 2014, and Ukrainian forces were locked in a battle for the country’s east against Russia, its soldiers, militias and local separatists backed by Moscow — a conflict that escalated into a full-blown war after Russia’s 2022 invasion.

Several officers and separatists were killed in clashes and shootouts that day, their bodies lying around the building.

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