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9 surprising combat fixes the Ukrainians have come up with to fight off Russia
9 surprising combat fixes the Ukrainians have come up with to fight off Russia
Lauren FriasApr 4, 2024, 21:34 IST
Ukrainian soldiers fire with an improvised multiple rocket launcher on Russian positions near the occupied Ukrainian city of Bakhmut.Yevhenii Vasyliev/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images
Ukrainian forces have improvised useful solutions to their problems on the battlefield.
Soldiers are arming plastic drones with grenades and fixing rocket launchers to pickup trucks.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has often forced it to get innovative in its defense.
Western countries have sent billions in military aid to Ukraine, including lethal aid, to support its war effort, but Ukrainian forces are also relying on their own handiness and creativity on the battlefield, jury-rigging improvised solutions to get the upper hand against the Russian army.
From plastic drones armed with explosives to civilian pickup trucks with rocket launchers set up in the back, here are 9 ways that Ukrainian soldiers are making the most of what they've got to batter Russian forces.
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'The MacGyver metaphor'
Known for its mobility and efficiency, soldiers jokingly call the pick-up truck with installed elements from a Soviet multiple rocket launcher the "Nightmaremobile."Yevhenii Vasyliev/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images
The 'Nightmaremobile'
A Ukrainian soldier in a mask stands near an improvised multiple rocket launcher during firing on Russian positions on Jan. 15, 2024 in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.Photo by Roman Chop/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images
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Neptune missiles
The scale model of the Neptune land-based anti-ship missile system in the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War in Kyiv, Ukraine.Ruslan Kaniuka / Ukrinform/Future Publishing via Getty Images
'Sea Baby' drones
A sea drone cruises on the water during a presentation by Ukraine's Security Service in Kyiv region, Ukraine.Evgeniy Maloletka/AP
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One-way attack drones
An engineer installs components in Kyiv region, Ukraine.Evgeniy Maloletka)/AP
Reusing captured Russian tanks
A repair battalion soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine welds slat armor onto a T-64 tank in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.Dmytro Larin /Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images
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Tank cages
Ukrainian servicemen prepare to ride in a T-64 tank near the town of Bakhmut.Inna Varenytsia/Reuters
Unusual missile loadouts
A Ukrainian Tactical Aviation pilot poses in the cockpit of his MIG-29 fighter jet at sunset in eastern Ukraine.Libkos/Getty Images
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'Franken' weapons
A BUK air defence missile system (R) moves on April 29, 2015 in Moscow for the Victory Day military parade night training.VASILY MAXIMOV/AFP via Getty Images
Decoys
A worker sets up an inflatable tank next to a mostly inflated jet plane.REUTERS/Thomas Peter