BY THE VILLAGE SUN | Decked out in blue and yellow, marchers celebrating Ukrainian Independence Day gathered at the Washington Square Arch on Thurs., Aug. 24, before marching down toward City Hall.
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At least one woman wore a “F— You Putin” T-shirt. But it seems a pretty mild statement, given that the Russian strongman’s unprovoked invasion has left a combined nearly half a million Russian and Ukrainian fighters dead or wounded.
According to a New York Times article from a few months ago, “In just a year and a half, Ukraine’s military deaths have already surpassed the number of American troops who died during the nearly two decades U.S. units were in Vietnam (roughly 58,000)… .”
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Meanwhile, thousands of civilians have been killed and millions more displaced.
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