Ukrain Resists Russian Army...Go home

Days after Moscow’s troops took control of the southern Ukrainian city of Melitopol, a Russian armored truck rolled through its center blasting a message from loudspeakers: Demonstrations are temporarily banned to prevent disorder.

The next day, Saturday, thousands of locals marched through the streets waving Ukrainian flags, singing the national anthem and chanting at Russian soldiers in their native language: “Go home! Go home!”

While Russian President Vladimir Putin’s troops are bogged down in many parts of Ukraine’s north amid fierce resistance, they have advanced in the south, seizing several cities and towns.

Mr. Putin has claimed that swaths of the country, including the south, are historically Russian lands and has attempted to justify his invasion as necessary to protect local Russian speakers. But, after seizing places like Melitopol, his forces there are largely being treated as foreign occupiers rather than liberators.

“He thought in these towns we’d be happy and meet them with Russian flags, but no one here was waiting for Russia,” said Andriy Radchenko, a 41-year-old surgeon in Melitopol. “We want to demoralize them, to erode their spirit.”
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