How Ukraine’s Gen Z forced a major military shake-up in wartime

Diary of Resilience/ Mridula Ghosh/Kyiv The Ivan Franko Square is visible from the upper floors of the office of the president of Ukraine. At 9pm on July 21, streams of young people—students and professionals—filled the square, squatting and chanting slogans. Others chatted; some drew fresh placards with marker pens. More women than men were present, understandably, because many men have been mobilised. Near me stood Nina from Mykolayiv, holding a placard that read “We See Everything!” Soon, a young lawyer, Yurko, appeared with a trident-shaped placard bearing national poet Taras Shevchenko’s line: “If you fight, you shall win.” The atmosphere…