When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, the plight of the Ukrainian people seemed hopeless. Massively outnumbered and outgunned, how could they possibly resist? It seemed, at the time, a clear defeat for democracy and the free world.

And yet it wasn’t.

Instead, the Ukrainian people refused to surrender. Not only did their military rise to the occasion, so did civilians. Farmers, retirees, business people, drone hobbyists… The list of unrecognized heroes exceeds anything you or I could have pr...