Yellow Ribbon (movement)

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Yellow Ribbon
Жовта стрічка
Foundation25 April 2022
Dates of operation2022–present
Country Ukraine
IdeologyUkrainian nationalism
Allies Armed Forces of Ukraine

Popular Resistance of Ukraine

Berdiansk Partisan Army
Battles and wars
Websitezhovtastrichka.org

The Yellow Ribbon (Ukrainian: Жовта стрічка, romanized: Zhovta strichka) is a resistance movement in the occupied territories of Ukraine, created in April 2022 after the Russian military invasion. The goal of the movement is informational resistance to the Russian occupiers.[1]

History

April — July

In April 2022, the "Yellow Ribbon" public resistance movement emerged in the territories occupied by Russia. On 25 April, on the Telegram channel, the coordinators of the movement called on residents to hang Ukrainian flags and yellow ribbons on the streets and in crowded places.[2] On the same day, yellow ribbons appeared in occupied Kherson.[3]

On 27 April, "Yellow Ribbon" held a peaceful action called "Kherson is Ukraine" in Kherson. About 500 people took to the streets of the city, four of them were injured.[1][4] According to the organizers, the rally became an impetus for the development of the movement. Subsequently, yellow ribbons began to appear in Oleshky, Melitopol, Nova Kakhovka, Berdiansk, Yalta, Simferopol, Kerch, Saky, Donetsk, Luhansk, Henichesk, Alushta and other cities and villages of the occupied territories.

On 17 June, the movement held an online rally in support of Kherson on Instagram. The campaign gathered 36,000 people, 75,000 likes and almost 20,000 shares.[5]

On 4 July, the start of the "Stop the Referendum" open-ended campaign was announced.[6] The goal is to disrupt the maximum number of referendums in the occupied territories. The next day, leaflets against referendums appeared in Kherson, Donetsk, Melitopol, Luhansk and Berdiansk.[7]

On 7 July, "Yellow Ribbon" announced the start of the open-ended campaign "Crimea - time to go home". The organizers called on Crimean activists to report data on the movement of Russian troops to the YeVorog Telegram bot, hang yellow ribbons and patriotic postcards "Crimea is Ukraine. Not only since 1954. But always!", "08/24/2022. Crimea is ready" and "Time to fight! Time to resist! Time to go home".[8] On 13 July, the resistance movement called on the residents of Donetsk and Luhansk regions to block the referendum, hang yellow ribbons and transmit information about the movement of enemy troops and collaborators to the "eVorog" platform. In addition, activists in Donbas were urged to post leaflets "24.08.2022. Donetsk is ready" and "24.08.2022. Luhansk is ready".[9]

On 26 July, the letter "Ї" became the new symbol of the movement. Coordinators urged to mark buildings where the so-called "referendum" can take place[10]:

«We once wrote that we were calling for marking the buildings where the referendum could be held with the letter "Ї", but the people of Kherson gave us a better idea. Our letter "Ї" is unique, it is the only one in the world and emphasizes the beauty of our language. Therefore, we call on all our activists and supporters to mark with the letter "Ї" all buildings where a referendum can be held, all buildings where collaborators and occupiers are sitting».

On the same day, the letter began to appear in the form of graffiti in the so-called "precincts".[11] In addition, "Ї" soon became one of the symbols of the resistance of Ukrainians in the temporarily occupied territories.[12][13]

On 30 July, "Yellow Ribbon" began offering a monetary reward for information about the activities of the occupiers.[14] The next day, the movement called for information for a reward about the locations where the Russian invaders rest - restaurants, cafes.[15]

Since August

On 3 August, in partnership with the Mariupol City Council, the "Yellow Ribbon" movement launched an online rally "Mariupol is Ukraine" on Instagram[16].The action lasted until 22 August.

On 5 August, the movement published "love letters" - warm lines from Ukrainians with words of support for the residents of the temporarily occupied territories.[17]

On 6 August, "Yellow Ribbon" launched the newspaper "Voice of the Partisan".[18] The first edition consisted of 1,200 copies and was posted around Kherson. On 8 August, the newspaper began to be published in the Crimea.[19]

On 7 August, the movement offered a reward of 10 bitcoins or 230,000 US dollars for the arrest of Russian Crimean leader Sergey Aksyonov and information about his exact location.[20]

In August, the campaign "Stop Referendum" became widespread. Leaflets with calls to boycott referendums and not to take Russian passports began to be actively distributed in temporarily occupied settlements.[13]

On 23 August, a new open-ended flashmob "Stop Rashism" was launched. The goal is to rip off and damage Russian leaflets, announcements and symbols of the occupiers in the temporarily occupied territories.[21]

On the same day in Kyiv, at the street exhibition "Infoprotiv", initiated by the "Chesno" movement in cooperation with the National Museum of the Revolution of Dignity, one of the boards was dedicated, among other things, to the activities of the "Yellow Ribbon".[22]

On 24 August, on the Independence Day of Ukraine, Ukrainian Railways launched the "Train to Victory" - 7 cars painted by Ukrainian artists. Each car is dedicated to a region of Ukraine and the exploits of people resisting the Russian occupiers.[23] One of the cars is dedicated to the "Yellow Ribbon" movement.[24]

On 31 August, "Yellow Ribbon" called on residents of occupied territories not to participate in the telephone surveys. The coordinators of the movement noted that this is one of the schemes of the occupiers to at least somehow hold a referendum[25]:

«The Rashists do not succeed in holding a pseudo-referendum, so they come up with new schemes to at least somehow hold a "referendum". One of these schemes is a "public survey", residents of TOT of Ukraine will be called by unknown subscribers from the Russian Federation, whose numbers start with +7».

In such cases, the movement advised not to pick up the phone and cancel the call. They also noted that there is no need to communicate with these people, because the very fact of communication can be interpreted by them as a positive response to the referendum.[26]

Symbolics

In an interview with the online publication "NV", representatives of the movement talked about the meaning of the yellow ribbon[1]:

«There is no deep symbolism in the name Yellow Ribbon. Yellow is a bright color on the flag of Ukraine. And the phrase itself is easy to remember».

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c ""Жовта стрічка»: «Серед нас є й автомеханіки, і айтішники, яких об'єднує любов до України"". НВ (in Ukrainian). 26 August 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Дій в окупації! Окупантам не місце на твоїй землі. Скажи їм про це всюди! Вони прийшли тебе «визволяти», покажи, що їм тут не раді. Чіпляй прапори та жовті стрічки на вулицях!". Telegram (in Ukrainian). 23 April 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Херсон сьогодні з жовтими стрічками". Telegram (in Ukrainian). 25 April 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Мирний спротив: як рух "Жовта Стрічка" мобілізував людей на окупованій Херсонщині". Мост (in Ukrainian). 5 August 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  5. ^ "Онлайн-мітинг "Жовтої стрічки" на підтримку Херсона зібрав 36 тисяч людей". Суспільне Новини (in Ukrainian). 18 June 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  6. ^ "Ми починаємо безстрокову акцію протесту «Стоп Референдум»". Telegram (in Ukrainian). 4 July 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  7. ^ "Акція "Стоп Референдум"". Telegram (in Ukrainian). 5 July 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  8. ^ "Крим — це Україна! Рух опору рашистам «Жовта Стрічка» оголошує початок безстрокової акції «Крим - час додому»". Telegram (in Ukrainian). 7 July 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  9. ^ "Український Донбас проти референдуму". Telegram (in Ukrainian). 13 July 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  10. ^ "Ї - новий символ". Telegram (in Ukrainian). 26 July 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  11. ^ "Перший пішов". Telegram (in Ukrainian). 26 July 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  12. ^ "Від талановитих активістів Жовтої Стрічки". Telegram (in Ukrainian). 27 July 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  13. ^ a b "Херсонці проти «референдуму» - на вулицях з'являються жовті стрічки". Укрінформ (in Ukrainian). 10 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  14. ^ "«Жовта Стрічка» пропонує гроші за інформацію про заходи загарбників у Херсоні". Укрінформ (in Ukrainian). 30 July 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  15. ^ "Рух опору «Жовта стрічка» збирає інформацію про місця, де відпочивають російські загарбники". Укрінформ (in Ukrainian). 31 July 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  16. ^ "Стартував онлайн-мітинг «Маріуполь – це Україна»". Укрінформ (in Ukrainian). 4 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  17. ^ "Українці написали "листи любові" жителям Херсонської області". Суспільне Новини (in Ukrainian). 5 August 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  18. ^ "Рух «Жовта Стрічка» запускає підпільну газету «Голос Партизана»". I-UA.tv (in Ukrainian). 6 August 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  19. ^ "Голос Партизана в Криму". Telegram (in Ukrainian). 8 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  20. ^ "За затримання гауляйтера Криму Аксьонова оголосили винагороду". Рубрика (in Ukrainian). 8 August 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  21. ^ "Рух громадянського опору "Жовта стрічка" починає безстрокову акцію "Очистимо місто від рашистів – зривай макулатуру"". Суспільне Новини (in Ukrainian). 23 August 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  22. ^ "РУХ ЧЕСНО та Музей Майдану до Дня відновлення незалежності у Києві на Подолі відкрили безкоштовну вуличну виставку "Інфоспротив". Тут зібрані різні прояви українського інформаційного спротиву російським загарбникам". Telegram (in Ukrainian). 23 August 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  23. ^ "ПОТЯГ ДО ПЕРЕМОГИ". Укрзалізниця (in Ukrainian). 24 August 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  24. ^ "В УКРАЇНІ ЗАПУСТИЛИ "ПОТЯГ ДО ПЕРЕМОГИ": ОДИН З ВАГОНІВ ПРИСВЯТИЛИ ХЕРСОНЩИНІ". Український Південь (in Ukrainian). 26 August 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  25. ^ "Українців в окупації закликають не брати участі у телефонних «опитуваннях» загарбників". Укрінформ (in Ukrainian). 31 August 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  26. ^ "Ще один спосіб відмінити референдум". Telegram (in Ukrainian). 31 August 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
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