{"id":102403,"date":"2023-03-14T18:39:05","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T23:39:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=102403"},"modified":"2023-03-14T18:39:05","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T23:39:05","slug":"365-days-of-defending-freedom-rally-in-chicago-how-the-war-in-ukraine-has-changed-and-whats-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/365-days-of-defending-freedom-rally-in-chicago-how-the-war-in-ukraine-has-changed-and-whats-ahead\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018365 Days of Defending Freedom\u2019 rally in Chicago: How the war in Ukraine has changed and what&#8217;s ahead?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>By Almagul Serikbayeva<br \/>\n<\/b><em>Medill Reports<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One year has passed since the beginning of the war, and some people are already forgetting about it, Ukrainian native Anya Lomachenko said on Feb. 24, the anniversary of Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine. She joined thousands of Chicagoans who aren\u2019t forgetting at a rally in Ukrainian Village to show support for a country fighting an ongoing Russian invasion.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_102404\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-102404\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-102404\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/IMG_0474-min-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/IMG_0474-min-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/IMG_0474-min-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/IMG_0474-min-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/IMG_0474-min-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/IMG_0474-min-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-102404\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ukrainian volunteers hold signs that symbolize each day of the war and the destruction that happened on that day. (Almagul Serikbayeva\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cSome of my friends are like, \u2018Oh, is it still going on?\u2019\u201d she said. \u201cYes, it&#8217;s still pretty bad, and a lot of people are dying.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lomachenko was among the organizers of Ukrainian rallies taking place all over the United States. Shouting over the traditional Ukrainian music, she coordinated volunteers holding banners with numbers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cEach poster symbolizes one of the days of the war,\u201d she said. \u201cSo if you will look, each of them has a specific day and what happened during that day.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_102405\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-102405\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-102405\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/IMG_0482-min-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/IMG_0482-min-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/IMG_0482-min-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/IMG_0482-min-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/IMG_0482-min-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/IMG_0482-min-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-102405\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some banners at the rally called on the world to punish Russia or accused the country of acting as a terrorist state. (Almagul Serikbayeva\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She quickly moved through the crowd, pointing at photos of people killed and buildings laid to rubble. Some of the photos document the infamous Bucha massacre, when, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/audio\/2022\/04\/1115832\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">according to the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, more than 100 Ukrainian civilians were murdered and left to rot on the streets by the Russian Armed Forces.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lomachenko complained that, compared with a year ago, the news media doesn&#8217;t cover the Ukrainian war anymore. Mark Tomashek, a bachelor&#8217;s student at the University of Illinois at Chicago, said he believes that, as a Ukrainian, even though media coverage of the war continues, it will never be enough.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_102408\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-102408\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-102408\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/IMG_0483-min-1-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/IMG_0483-min-1-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/IMG_0483-min-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/IMG_0483-min-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/IMG_0483-min-1-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/IMG_0483-min-1-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-102408\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A boy holds a candle to memorialize Ukrainians killed in the war. (Almagul Serikbayeva\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cSince the year passed, it\u2019s not as interesting for people already,\u201d he said, \u201cbut I get why it\u2019s like that \u2014 it\u2019s just business.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The conflict in Ukraine still holds a high level of interest for nearly 64% of adults in 28 countries, according to recent <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipsos.com\/en\/war-in-ukraine-january-2023\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">research<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> published by global market researcher <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ipsos. In the year since the invasion, global public opinion hasn&#8217;t changed much, and most of the West remains strongly pro-Ukraine, the survey summary underlines.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_102409\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-102409\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-102409\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/IMG_0536-min-1-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/IMG_0536-min-1-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/IMG_0536-min-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/IMG_0536-min-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/IMG_0536-min-1-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/IMG_0536-min-1-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-102409\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The crowd at the Ukrainian rally gathers in front of the Saints Volodymyr and Olha Ukrainian Catholic Church. (Almagul Serikbayeva\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For those at the rally, commitment and interest radiated at an unconditional 100%. Between clusters of blue and yellow were flashes of posters calling for action, sometimes aggressively. One of those illustrated an ethnic Ukrainian soldier, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Ukraine\/The-Cossacks\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a Cossack<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. In his hands, he holds a beheaded Russian President Vladimir Putin.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThat\u2019s how it\u2019s gonna end up,\u201d Chicagoan Roman Pylypczak said, explaining the poster was drawn by his friend.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_102410\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-102410\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-102410\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/IMG_0542-min-1-1-2-1-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/IMG_0542-min-1-1-2-1-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/IMG_0542-min-1-1-2-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/IMG_0542-min-1-1-2-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/IMG_0542-min-1-1-2-1-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/IMG_0542-min-1-1-2-1-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-102410\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Banners at the Ukrainian rally took on Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Almagul Serikbayeva\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As Ukraine started to take its land back last year, the general feeling is getting better, that\u2019s why it\u2019s important to stay positive and keep going, he said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe world has a very short attention span,\u201d Pylypczak said. \u201cYou have to keep it posting (information about the war) online, talking about it with colleagues, people who aren\u2019t familiar with it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_102411\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-102411\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-102411\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/IMG_0560-min-1-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\" Volunteers hold up signs in front of Saints Volodymyr and Oiha Ukrainian Catholic Church. (Almagul Serikbayeva\/MEDILL)\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/IMG_0560-min-1-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/IMG_0560-min-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/IMG_0560-min-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/IMG_0560-min-1-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/IMG_0560-min-1-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-102411\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Volunteers hold up signs in front of Saints Volodymyr and Oiha Ukrainian Catholic Church. (Almagul Serikbayeva\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sonya Dymova, 20, was among those who participated in the rally in Ukrainian Village. Originally from Russia, Dymova is currently a freshman at the Medill School of Journalism.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI wake up, open my phone, see notifications, burst out crying,\u201d she said, recalling the morning of Feb. 24, 2022. \u201cThen I texted my best friend who\u2019s from Mariupol.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_102412\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-102412\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-102412\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/IMG_0490-min-1-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"The crowd starts to gather in front of Saints Volodymyr and Olha Ukrainian Catholic Church. (Almagul Serikbayeva\/MEDILL)\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/IMG_0490-min-1-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/IMG_0490-min-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/IMG_0490-min-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/IMG_0490-min-1-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/IMG_0490-min-1-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-102412\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The crowd starts to gather in front of Saints Volodymyr and Olha Ukrainian Catholic Church. (Almagul Serikbayeva\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She remembers thinking about how she was going to tell her best friend that her country was doing this to his country, and especially to his town. Ukraine\u2019s southeast city Mariupol has been under Russian occupation since Dec. 2022.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI do feel guilty a lot,\u201d Dymova said about her relationships with Ukrainians. \u201cIt took me several months to gain their trust.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_102413\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-102413\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-102413\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/IMG_0578-min-1-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"A woman shouts, \u201cGlory to Ukraine!\u201d \u2014 a Ukrainian national salute known as a symbol of Ukrainian sovereignty and resistance to foreign oppression. (Almagul Serikbayeva\/MEDILL) \" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/IMG_0578-min-1-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/IMG_0578-min-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/IMG_0578-min-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/IMG_0578-min-1-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/IMG_0578-min-1-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-102413\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A woman shouts, \u201cGlory to Ukraine!\u201d \u2014 a Ukrainian national salute known as a symbol of Ukrainian sovereignty and resistance to foreign oppression. (Almagul Serikbayeva\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, Dymova is now accepted as part of the Ukrainian community, she said. They know her better, she said, but in the beginning, they were very cautious as both sides were hurt during the war.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the latest UN Human Rights Office <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2023\/02\/1133737\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">data<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the number of deaths of civilians, or non-armed individuals, in Ukraine is at around 8,100.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, The New York Times <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/02\/02\/us\/politics\/ukraine-russia-casualties.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reported<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that almost 200,000 Russian soldiers were injured or died in Ukraine, more than the total number of Russian causalities suffered in all wars involving Russia since World War II. Russian independent media Meduza, BBC Russian and volunteers have <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/russian\/features-64506030\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">established<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the names of 13,000 Russian soldiers who were killed in Ukraine as of Feb. 3 alone.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_102414\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-102414\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-102414\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/IMG_0579-min-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"Russian President Vladimir Putin is depicted as a monster on a lamppost poster in Ukrainian Village. (Almagul Serikbayeva\/MEDILL)\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/IMG_0579-min-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/IMG_0579-min-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/IMG_0579-min-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/IMG_0579-min-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/IMG_0579-min-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-102414\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Russian President Vladimir Putin is depicted as a monster on a lamppost poster in Ukrainian Village. (Almagul Serikbayeva\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_102415\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-102415\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-102415\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/IMG_0594-min-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"Roman Pylypczak, 26, holds a banner illustrating an ethnic Ukrainian soldier beheading Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Almagul Serikbayeva\/MEDILL)\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/IMG_0594-min-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/IMG_0594-min-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/IMG_0594-min-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/IMG_0594-min-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/IMG_0594-min-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-102415\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Roman Pylypczak, 26, holds a banner illustrating an ethnic Ukrainian soldier beheading Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Almagul Serikbayeva\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_102425\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-102425\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-102425\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-28-at-9.29.53-AM-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"A Ukrainian woman, holding flowers, listens to Ukrainian songs. 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(Almagul Serikbayeva\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_102426\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-102426\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-102426\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/wp-media-folder-medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/03\/Screen-Shot-2023-02-28-at-9.33.06-AM-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"More citizens arrive at the rally, where an estimated 1,000 people gathered. 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(Almagul Serikbayeva\/MEDILL)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-687b6fe7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" data-id=\"687b6fe7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-31f1dd25\" data-id=\"31f1dd25\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d022bee elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-content\" data-id=\"3d022bee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-content.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p><i>Almagul Serikbayeva is a social justice graduate student at Medill. 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