SAN DIEGO (FOX5/KUSI) — Following President Donald Trump’s Alaska summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, locals gathered on Friday to send a message to world leaders: “don’t abandon Ukraine.”
The rally, which was named “Stand for American Values/Don’t abandon Ukraine,” was organized by Shield of Freedom, a local nonprofit with the goal of supporting Ukraine.
The group regularly holds weekly rallies in places such as Balboa Park. People gathered on Nobel Dr. Bridge holding Ukranian flags and sunflowers, Ukraine’s national flower, above the I-5.
Mira Rubin, president of Shield of Freedom, said they had a large turnout because of Trump’s meeting with Putin to discuss the ongoing war. She said the summit made her feel “nauseous.”
“I don’t care what they talk about, they’re not going to solve the problem,” Rubin said. “They’re not going to stop, there’s not going to be a ceasefire because of this meeting.”
Rubin describes Putin as a “dictator who is responsible for millions of deaths” and expressed disappointment in the way he was greeted when he landed in Alaska.
“This man is a horrible dictator, he comes out of the plane and is welcomed by the United States of America,” Rubin said. “We welcomed him with open arms.”
She believes that Ukraine’s only option is to fight back against Russia and that this can only be accomplished with international support.
“The longer we drag this out, the longer we talk and talk about nothing — the more people die every day,” Rubin said.
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