Chiến lợi phẩm của nông dân

by 8DonCo Fri Mar 18, 2022 12:36 pm

Famous for towing captured Russian tanks, Ukrainian farmers step up for war effort

Chiến lợi phẩm của nông dân Tractor

In what has become a recurring theme on the internet during the war in Ukraine, a tractor tows an abandoned Russian vehicle in southern Ukraine. (RALee85/Twitter)
Ukraine's farmers now have the fifth-largest army in Europe — or so goes a dark joke on the internet, a reference to all the captured Russian military equipment they've towed off the battlefield.

In a country desperate to keep its spirits up in dire times, the near-daily social media posts featuring Ukrainian farm tractors recovering Russian tanks, trucks and missile launchers that got stuck in their muddy fields have certainly helped.
But now, Ukraine's government is asking its agricultural community for more than just morale boosts.