Demonstrators rally for Ukraine in front of White House

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About 400 people draped in blue-and-yellow flags and carrying protest signs demonstrated in front of the White House on Sunday afternoon as speakers, including U.S. diplomats and lawmakers, called for support for Ukraine.

“We need more armed forces, not just from the U.S. but from other countries, because they’re going to take over other nations,” said Beatriz Nehrebeckyj, 74, of Ellicott City, Md., whose parents left Ukraine at the onset of World War II. She was there with her daughter, son-in-law and two grandchildren. “Putin won’t stop at us,” she said, her voice shaking. “He won’t, he won’t.”

Andriy Kulyinin, 55, wore a handlebar mustache and traditional Ukrainian attire including an embroidered shirt and a wooden copy of the mace that is a symbol of the Ukrainian president. The owner of an HVAC company in Philadelphia, he speaks daily to his cousins in Ukraine. “They [are] scared, but they stay,” he said. “Nobody going to give up, even old people, even old ladies. They will stay, they will fight for their country.”

Dmitry Valuev, 42, of Alexandria, Va., carried a sign that said, “I am Russian and I support Ukraine.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/03/06/russia-ukraine-war-news-putin-live-updates/#link-E4J5Q3AQRBCSNEESBAWO4RJIOI

[Hekate]

1. 🌻A miracle! They found their way there without driving endlessly in circles on the freeway!🌻

I’m glad to see them there.
🌻🌻🌻🌻

[doc03]

2. Sad really after seeing the crowds in Prague and other places in Europe and even Russia. We have

more nuts in trucks protesting (?).