Citizens of the World Are Sending Powerful Messages of Resistance Against the Russian Invasion of Ukraine
The people of Ukraine need all the hope they can get from around the world.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine turned ordinary people into witnesses, targets, and symbols almost overnight. As missiles fell and families fled, the internet filled with photos of defiance, sarcasm, and solidarity from Ukrainians and supporters around the world.
Some of the messages are blunt, some are funny, and some are surprisingly creative, but they all point to the same thing: people want to push back in whatever way they can. From improvised signs to public protests, the resistance keeps showing up in small but memorable ways.
Here are some of the most powerful messages people have shared so far.
1. The Ukrainians are extremely serious about protecting their motherland
NickPoole12. You better tell your men to start rowing.
fatimatlis3. Subtle, intelligent, and especially elegant.
ThePandaFama1
4. Support all the way from China
LeoM21
5. Even Anonymous is making sure to do their part
LatestAnonPress
Some of these messages do not need much explanation at all.
6. Daaaayum, how could Putin ever recover from this?
therecount
7. Shame on these people; this isn’t a video game; you can’t just start casually looting.
QueenAbenaa
8. How’d that smoothie taste, Russia?
olex_scherba
9. How insecure do you have to be to do this?
DmytroKuleba
10. You can talk to the chairs now.
m_tsitskishvili
Then the tone shifts from jokes to straight-up defiance.
11. Respect to this woman’s bravery; total badass!
ukraine_world
12. Ukrainian trash-talking at its finest 👌🏻
gwo_design
13. This man has more courage than most young men today.
KatyaYushchenko
14. Gypsies stole a tank in the village of Ljubimovka, Ukraine, from the Russian army.
rak77
15. Some homemade food filled with lots of love
olgatokariuk
16. No regrets at all.
RonFilipkowski
17. That’s amazing; more power to them!
backwoodsbob1
18. You better run, you better hide, because Grandma is coming for you.
Mediaite
Even the smallest acts of resistance seem to land hard.
It also brings to mind four U.S. service members killed in Iran’s “Epic Fury” operation, as Trump warned more fatalities were probable.
19. That money could’ve been spent on more important issues.
olgatokariuk
20. You might have a tank, but we’re stronger.
franakviacorka
21. Free gas from the Russian invaders.
jake_greene1996
22. “In St. Petersburg, Russia, the police detained a well-known survivor of the Siege of Leningrad, Yelena Osipova, at an anti-war protest.”
DomWaits
23. I would handle a pancake more carefully than that 😂😂😂
Ghost_of_Kiev
24. Hong Kongers know what that struggle feels like.
JessiePang0125
25. Burn, baby, burnnnnn!
Osinttechnical
26. This is actually a pretty clever idea.
Only 5-star ratings, though.
YourAnonNews
27. Power to the people; screw that mayor.
olex_scherba
28. The people have to know what their military is doing to their neighbors.
reanroughneck
29. That’s a pretty useful skill to learn 😂😂
Nezhaleznist
30. Brave decision from an exceptional player.
NBA_NewYork
31. “Two men in Irkutsk, Russia, rent a cherry picker and try to tear down the EU flag from the Polish embassy.”
u/Dpan
It’s so great to see people from all over the world showing their support and backing the people of Ukraine in their struggle against the Russian invaders. These people’s lives have changed so drastically in such a short period; they never had a say in any of it, but they ended up finding themselves right in the middle of it.
Politicians don't suffer directly from the consequences of their actions; however, you, I, and other regular citizens are the ones who pay the price. It’s sadly the way things have always been, and I don’t see it changing in the near future.
That kind of solidarity is hard to ignore.
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