A Ukrainian nursery teacher-turned-soldier took out a Russian cruise ... a helmet and vest as she fired a large Igla MANPADS rocket launcher, which soared across the sky and hit its target in ...

Ellie Cook is a Newsweek security and defense reporter based in London, U.K. Her work focuses largely on the Russia-Ukraine war, the U.S. military, weapons systems and emerging technology.

Soldiers are arming plastic drones with grenades and fixing rocket launchers to pickup trucks. Here are 9 examples of combat fixes Ukrainian forces have jury-rigged in the war against Russia.