Ukrainian Sunflower Quotes

Take these sunflower seeds and put them in your pockets' said one Ukrainian woman to a Russian soldier on her street, 'At least when you die, something will grow.' Others ask soldiers, 'How do you explain to your mother why you are here?' The soldiers are disheartened, no shock and awe, no Zelenskyy slinking off to another country, not what Putin expected.

The man turned on his phone with trembling hands and showed us his lock screen background. There was a photo of three men in helmets and bulletproof vests. They wore the Ukrainian flag and trident on their sleeves. They carried machine guns on their backs. They stood in a field somewhere