Ukrainian soldier’s M1 MacBook Air takes direct shrapnel hit, saving his life — screen cracked and letter ‘K’ missing but laptop remains functional

January 5, 2026

, By Tom’s Hardware

Ukrainian soldier’s M1 MacBook Air takes direct shrapnel hit, saving his life — screen cracked and letter ‘K’ missing but laptop remains functional

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A Ukrainian soldier showed off his 2020 M1 MacBook Air after it got hit by shrapnel during the war in Ukraine. X user @lanevychs [machine translated] asked on the social media platform about the ballistic protection that the laptop offered, especially after his device was able to take a hit from a shell fragment and seemingly survived. Despite the damage, the laptop still continued to work, with the screen showing images in some sections. And although the projectile punctured the screen, it seems that…

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Ukrainian soldier’s M1 MacBook Air takes direct shrapnel hit, saving his life — screen cracked and letter ‘K’ missing but laptop remains functional

January 5, 2026

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Ukrainian soldier’s M1 MacBook Air takes direct shrapnel hit, saving his life — screen cracked and letter ‘K’ missing but laptop remains functional

A Ukrainian soldier showed off his 2020 M1 MacBook Air after it got hit by shrapnel during the war in Ukraine. X user @lanevychs [machine translated] asked on the social media platform about the ballistic protection that the laptop offered, especially after his device was able to take a hit from a shell fragment and seemingly survived. Despite the damage, the laptop still continued to work, with the screen showing images in some sections. And although the projectile punctured the screen, it seems that…

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