Mykhailo Drapatyi: Can new Ukraine army chief alter Russia war’s direction?

Kyiv, Ukraine — Ukrainian Colonel Mykhailo Drapatyi drove an armoured vehicle at breakneck speed through a barricade built by pro-Russian separatists who had just taken over the southeastern city of Mariupol.

Another armoured vehicle followed Drapatyi’s to save police officers taken hostage by the separatists in an Interior Ministry building.

It was May 9, 2014, and Ukrain...