This is not the first such action, similar actions have previously taken place in Tallinn and Tbilisi.
An action in support of Ukrainian women took place in Vienna, who were raped or otherwise abused by Russian soldiers. This is stated on the Facebook page of the organizers of the action with the NGO “Unlimited Democracy”.
- “I am 14 years old, I was raped by 5 Russian soldiers. Now pregnant. Bucha.” >
- “Russian soldiers lived in my house. They raped me in front of my 6-year-old son. Mariupol” ⠀
- “A student from Donbass, 20 years old, was raped by five Russian soldiers” .
Banners with these and other inscriptions were held by some of the nearly six dozen participants, and about a thousand residents and guests watched the silent protest.
As for the visual component, the participants wore white dresses with traces of improvised blood. To attract the attention of passers-by, they lay in the middle of the street.
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This is not the first action of this kind in European countries. A similar event took place in Tallinn the other day. About 20 women tried to draw the attention of the world community to mass rapes and atrocities in general in Irpen, Makarov, Borodyanka and others. Kyiv region, which was under occupation for about a month.
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And in Georgia, a similar demarche reminded that in the war that Russia started on February 24, children continue to die . 145 pairs of children's shoes were displayed near the parliament building, a figure that symbolizes the number of young Ukrainians killed only at the end of March.
As of today, this horrific figure is 191, and about 350 children have been injured.