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Photos: Ukrainian Embassy Showered in Messages of Support

Washingtonians showed their solidarity by bringing flowers, prayers, and gifts in blue and yellow

A teddy bear draped in the colors of the Ukrainian flag left on the steps of the Ukrainian Embassy on M Street. Photography by Evy Mages

The Ukrainian embassy in DC was showered in gifts and messages of support on Monday, from people standing in solidarity with the country currently under Russian fire. Flowers, hand-written prayers, and gifts in blue and yellow were piled on and around the steps of the M Street building. One sign spoke of the everlasting nature of freedom, saying, “The soul of freedom is deathless; it cannot, and will not perish.”

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Tori Bergel
Editorial Fellow