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Ukraine's killer dune buggies
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Ukraine's killer dune buggies

Before Russia invaded Ukraine, metalworker Volodymyr Sadyk specialized in making gates at his shop in western Ukraine, near the Romanian border. But in his spare time, he and his friends also built and raced dune buggies. When the war began, Volodymyr had an idea — he offered some of the buggies to the Ukrainian army, which was looking for ways to even the playing field against a much larger enemy. The response from Kyiv was immediate: send us more.

Volodymyr Sadyk on his dune buggy in Ukraine.
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Ukraine’s killer dune buggies

What do Steve McQueen, Mad Max, Delta Force, and the Ukrainian army have in common? For all the high-tech weapons that Kyiv has gotten from the West, one of the most effective battlefield surprises has been homemade dune buggies, outfitted for war.