(KYIV) – Ukrainian soldiers from the 414th Separate Unmanned Systems Brigade, known as “Birds of Magyar”, have released a new frontline themed video and song portraying the war against Russia through dark humour and agricultural metaphors tied to the approaching spring sowing season.
The video, titled “Shobla of the Week, Episode 33”, features imagery filmed by drone pilots of the 414th unit. It is accompanied by a song called “Posivna” meaning “Sowing Season”, performed by the musical group The Kum and F.O.G.
The lyrics frame the battlefield as fertile Ukrainian farmland and portray invading Russian troops as unwanted intruders who arrived with war and violence. The song opens with a direct address to Russian soldiers, asking why they stepped onto Ukraine’s rich black soil wearing enemy boots after bringing war and stealing peace.
It continues by noting that spring has arrived and that events on the battlefield will determine the fate of those who came as invaders. The lyrics repeatedly refer to Russian troops falling across the fields as Ukrainian forces defend their land.
The song draws heavily on imagery familiar to Ukrainian rural life. It states that the fields will be ploughed again by tractors because the sowing season will inevitably come. The lyrics suggest that the remains of invading troops will become part of the soil itself.
Another line describes the invading soldiers as targets for hunters near Poltava, a reference to Ukrainian fighters defending their homeland. The song suggests that Russian troops will leave behind not harvests but destruction.
Later verses refer to the sounds of roosters at dawn in villages and the sun rising over the Dnipro River, describing Ukraine as a country of dreams. The song then repeats a common wartime message that anyone who comes to Ukraine with war will leave as fertiliser for its land.
Throughout the song, the refrain returns to the image of tractors ploughing the fields and the inevitability of the sowing season. The message emphasises that life and agriculture will continue despite the ongoing war.
The video also references the online scoreboard of the SBS “Pidrakhuyka” system, a Ukrainian project that tracks reported Russian military equipment losses during the war.
The 414th “Birds of Magyar” brigade is one of Ukraine’s well known drone units and has published numerous battlefield videos showing drone strikes against Russian military equipment and personnel since the start of Russia’s full scale invasion in 2022.
The use of music and humour has become a recurring feature of Ukrainian wartime communication, often used to boost morale and highlight the determination of Ukrainian soldiers while mocking Russian invading forces.
