Ukraine’s resistance against Russia’s unprovoked war came as a surprise for many international commentators in the wake of the full-scale invasion on February 24, 2022. In Ukraine, though, most people were surprised not by their own reaction against the aggression but by the reactions of those commentators who did not believe in Ukrainians’ readiness to fight back. As Olesya Khromeychuk writes, In 2022, after Russia’s full-scale invasion, Ukraine offered the world a new narrative about itself: it was no longer perceived as a nation of leather-jacketed rifraf from the edge of Europe, ruled by dodgy oligarchs with large wallets and poor taste. It was a new incarnation of brave David unafraid of monstrous Goliath. The narrative caught on – because who doesn’t like agood remake of an old story? For the first couple of months after the fullscale invasion, Ukrainians gathered all their resources to survive and endure. These months were decisive for both the survival of Ukraineas a sovereign state and the people’s perception of themselves. As Poberezhna, Burlyuk and van Heelsum argue, for the first three months of the full-scale war, Ukrainian society produced a whole range of political myths of a superheroarmy, courageous Ukrainian people anda sacred enchanted land. As scholars argue, these political myths without doubt contributed to strengthening the ontological securityof Ukrainians. In this way, actions gave rise tonew self-perceptions and self-perceptions, in their turn, strengthened and perpetuated the actions (of resistance). By believing in their courage and in a just fight, Ukrainian society demonstrated even more courage and diligence.