A week ago, they were programmers and teachers, baristas and farmers – and their elected leader was a former comedian. Their capital city, Kyiv, sparkled with cafes, fancy stores and night clubs. To many, this soft existence set the conditions for fast capitulation to a military assault by Russian tanks. As the world now knows, the opposite happened. Rather than provide a fat easy target for Russia, Ukraine’s city and country people alike rose up […]
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