Activists in the occupied territories leave poems by Ukrainian poets

Activists of the women’s partisan movement Zla Mavka (angry forest spirit) in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine spread poetry created by Ukrainian poets.

“In Simferopol, Melitopol, and Alchevsk the Mavkas continue to spread poems by Ukrainian writers. This is a reminder that Ukraine was, is, and will be here,” representative of the activists wrote in an online post.

The activists noted that resistance can take many forms. It may even be a single sheet of paper with a few words hanging on a wall. These are the verses by Taras Shevchenko, Halyna Kyrpa, Vasyl Stus, and Volodymyr Sosiura.

“That’s enough for people to stop, smile, and remember that they are not alone. These simple things give hope and strength to keep going, and familiar Ukrainian words remind people of who they are,” the movement’s representative wrote.

As earlier reported, the occupying Russian authorities have banned the teaching of Ukrainian language in schools within the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. Additionally, in schools of the Luhansk oblast, the occupiers are distributing propaganda “books” written by Russian militants.

Previously, the occupying authorities had brought historical books from Ryazan that contained propaganda narratives to libraries in Skadovsk, Henichesk, and Chaplynka in the Russian-occupied part of Ukraine’s Kherson oblast.

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Images: Zla Mavka channel

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