On a windy February day, protesters gathered in downtown Santa Barbara with blue and yellow Ukrainian flags wrapped around their shoulders and held high in the air. Tuesday, February 24, marked the four-year anniversary of Russia’s violent invasion of Ukraine. Around 50 people rallied on the corner of Anacapa and State streets on Saturday to protest the continued bloodshed. Next Friday, Tatyana Taruta will be returning to her occupied home of Mariupol with her family. At 5 years old, she said he

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