While governments negotiate over fighter jets and high-end weapon systems, soldiers on the ground are struggling to fill more basic needs. Vilnius, Lithuania’s small medieval-era capital, is filled with blue and yellow Ukrainian flags. With a cellphone held against a days-old beard, Ohman orders military gear by the ton from around Europe, China, Israel. His was one of about 20 Ukrainian units, both regular military and volunteer militia, that had dispatched representatives to meet the convoy. It would take about 3,000 sets of body armor to fully outfit his men, Bystriyk said.
