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"You Will Lie Down Here With The Seeds"
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"You Will Lie Down Here With The Seeds"

Putin proves his defenders wrong, as Ukraine proves to be a harder target

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Ben Domenech
Feb 25, 2022
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If there is a single statement to summarize the Ukrainian reaction to this Russian invasion, and how it is different from what Vladimir Putin achieved in 2014, it is this Ukrainian woman berating a Russian soldier with the line: “You will lie down here with the seeds.”

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