On the shield was an excerpt from the poem “Caucasus”, in which Shevchenko condemns the war of the Russian Empire and glorifies the struggle of the people for freedom.
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The Ukrainian Armed Forces conducted a successfuldeoccupation operation in the Kharkiv direction,the space in the liberated settlements was expected to be filled with Russian propaganda, in particular billboards. The Ukrainian military took on one of these in Balaklia and discovered the prophetic words of Taras Shevchenko under the enemy tricolor. The video went viral and continues to garner thousands of likes. It was also published by the Air Force.
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On the shield was an excerpt from the poem “Caucasus” from 1845, in which the poet condemns the war of the Russian Empire against the highlanders and glorifies the struggle of the people for freedom:
“Fight – you will win,
God helps you!
For you is the truth, for you is glory,
And the will is holy!”
Remind , in June in Starobilsk, the occupiers destroyed a mural with Zhadan's poetry. Then the poet emphasized that Ukraine will definitely return to the city, even faster than the invaders can imagine:
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