Why Russia Can’t Destroy this GRAFFITI, even after Three Years of Occupation (full story in comments)
September 28, 2024
Why Russia Can’t Destroy this GRAFFITI, even after Three Years of Occupation (full story in comments)
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by user112234
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This is my hometown, Rubizhne, in Ukraine. Back in 2014, when Russian mercenaries and separatists took over the government building in the center of town, local people decided to protest. Before the protest, someone painted this graffiti.
During the protest, people were beaten and the protest was broken up. Rubizhne fell under occupation, and the writing was painted over. But local people kept repainting it as a sign of resistance against the occupation. Three months later, the Ukrainian army freed the town.
The graffiti stayed there for 8 years as a reminder of those events. But in 2022, the town was occupied by Russian forces again, and the writing was painted over once more.
But one night, someone painted the word “UKRAINE” again. The writing keeps coming back, showing that resistance is still alive, even after 3 years of occupation.
Hopefully Russia disappears from Ukraine and the graffiti stays.
There’s no way in hell there are 200 upvotes and only 4 comments. The Ukranian bots and on par with the russian ones these days.
The eternal graffiti.
This reminds me of Kryžių kalnas in Lithuania. A hill with a lot of crosses erected by the locals. Apparently soviet regime took them away from the hill quite a many times but somehow every time, the next day there were crosses again.
5 comments
This is my hometown, Rubizhne, in Ukraine. Back in 2014, when Russian mercenaries and separatists took over the government building in the center of town, local people decided to protest. Before the protest, someone painted this graffiti.
During the protest, people were beaten and the protest was broken up. Rubizhne fell under occupation, and the writing was painted over. But local people kept repainting it as a sign of resistance against the occupation. Three months later, the Ukrainian army freed the town.
The graffiti stayed there for 8 years as a reminder of those events. But in 2022, the town was occupied by Russian forces again, and the writing was painted over once more.
But one night, someone painted the word “UKRAINE” again. The writing keeps coming back, showing that resistance is still alive, even after 3 years of occupation.
More stories about Ukrainian resistance [Max UA – YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@SurvivewithMaxfromUkrain-uv6hs)
Hopefully Russia disappears from Ukraine and the graffiti stays.
There’s no way in hell there are 200 upvotes and only 4 comments. The Ukranian bots and on par with the russian ones these days.
The eternal graffiti.
This reminds me of Kryžių kalnas in Lithuania. A hill with a lot of crosses erected by the locals. Apparently soviet regime took them away from the hill quite a many times but somehow every time, the next day there were crosses again.