“Soldier! Put down your weapons and be a true hero.” With these words recorded on a small banner the activist Yelena Osipova has taken to the streets again, 77 years old, to protest against the invasion of Ukraine orchestrated by Putin that has led to a bloody war in the country. It is not the first time that Osipova, a survivor of the siege of Leningrad, has spoken out against what she considers an unjustifiable aggression by her country against Ukrainian territory.
Just a week ago, on March 2, the activist took to the streets along with hundreds of Russians denouncing the invasion and the war in Ukraine, which is why ended up being arrested by Russian police officers, who have exerted a strong repression on the demonstrators since the beginning of the protests against the conflict. As you can see in the pictures of the moment, Osipova was separated by a group of troops while protesting against the war in Saint Petersburg.
Yelena Osipova is known for being a survivor of the siege of Leningrad (1941 – 1944), when she was not even a year old, and for his participation in the campaigns against the war. For years, the activist, also an artist, has gone viral in different campaigns showing a strong rejection of warmongering and delving into the pacifist nature of Russia, a country she has always described as “a bird”, and not “a bear”. in his various works.
The siege of Leningrad was the result of a military maneuver by the Nazi regime during World War II. Given the difficulties that Hitler’s troops had to quickly take over the city, they decided to block it to prevent the entry of food and other supplies into the city so that its residents would starve to death. However, The Soviets resisted although thousands of people died in those years of siege.
Source: Lasexta
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