How can weakness become strength in asymmetric warfare?

“Democracy is a swarm. That is why democratic societies function as heterogeneous environments that often come into conflict with themselves. The paradox is that these conflicts also generate resilience and create room for the unexpected,” Volodymyr Yermolenko, Director of Analytics at Internews Ukraine and Chief Editor at UkraineWorld.org, explains why the Russian-Ukrainian war is asymmetrical and how the anarchic spirit and horizontal nature of connections characteristic of Ukrainians can be both a strength and a weakness at the same time.