“Today something happened that should have never happened. History will be the judge of these events. But today, I beg you, please stop the war,” Valery Meladze, the country’s most beloved singer, said in an emotional video in which he “begged” Russia to stop the war.
As Ukraine has advised an estimated 3 million citizens living in Russia to leave the country immediately, Ukrainians in Moscow are in a state of distress.
“I am embarrassed for my country. To be honest with you, I am speechless. War is always scary. We don’t want this,” Nikita Golubev, a 30-year old teacher, told The Guardian. “Why are we doing this?” he added.
People are not only expressing their opposition to the war on social media, but also taking action on the streets. “I didn’t think Putin would be willing to go all the way. How can we bomb Ukraine? Our countries have their disagreements, but this is not a way to solve them,” Muscovite Ksenia told The Guardian.
Here’s an ongoing list of footage from the resistance. Additionally, as misinformation is on the rise, some verified resources are included here with confirmed information about the events in both Russia and Ukraine.