‘I don’t want flowers, I want my Ukraine’: women’s acts of resistance against Russian occupation
by Charlotte Higgins in Kyiv from World news | The Guardian on (#6T6P6)
Zla Mavka movement - meaning wicked forest spirit' - drops fake rouble notes bearing pro-Ukrainian images and shares messages of solidarity
On 8 March 2023, International Women's Day, Russian soldiers were handing out tulips and boughs of mimosa to women and girls in the city of Melitopol, southern Ukraine - a move designed to promote friendly relations between the occupiers and the inhabitants.
But the night before, someone had been discreetly sticking posters to walls and lamp-posts. They bore the image of a young Ukrainian woman, dressed in a traditional embroidered shirt, smashing a bouquet over a Russian soldier's head. I don't want flowers," read the slogan. I want my Ukraine."
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