The last time I saw Mariana Zhaglo, war was still a rumour. It was January 24, a full month before the Russian invasion, and she stood in her kitchen in Kyiv with the Zbroyer Z-15 hunting carbine she had bought to defend her city against possible Russian attack.
Few of her neighbours believed the Russians would really invade, and Mariana’s preparations — the pickles and tins of fish and ham she had stashed as emergency rations, together with boxes of ammunition — seemed zealously pre-emptive.
#Ukraine: A Russian Ural 4320 truck was ambushed by Ukrainian forces in #Donetsk Oblast, and was destroyed. pic.twitter.com/RW5zOwjepQ
— 🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) October 2, 2022
