The Ukrainian General Behind Putin’s Defeats

When Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy returned to Kyiv after touring the newly liberated Kharkiv region last week, he addressed the nation to praise the “warriors” who had forced the Russians into a panicked retreat.

As news of the extent and success of the counteroffensive echoed around the world, he singled out by name just one man among the thousands in Ukraine’s armed forces who had helped destroy the myth of an undefeatable Russian army.