Digital Desk: He is wrapped with Ukrainian flag. She has the Russian flag wrapped around herself as they share a hug. This breathtaking image takes on further significance in light of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the current armed confrontation between the two nations. It has gone popular online after being reposted by several social media users, including Congress MP Shashi Tharoor.
"Poignant: A man draped in the Ukrainian flag embraces a woman wearing the Russian flag," Mr. Tharoor wrote while sharing the image on Twitter. "Let us hope love, peace and co-existence triumph over war and conflict," he added.
Several other Twitter users have also shared the image of the man wrapped with Ukrainian flag, and the woman with the Russian flag since yesterday, calling for an end to the conflict.
While this photograph has gained prominence after Russia started its invasion of Ukraine on Thursday, it is really three years old.
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Juliana claimed that the photo was not staged. "We had no political intentions with this photograph," she said. "But when the photo spread all over the Internet, I realized: perhaps such a photo will give people hope. And the belief that everything can be fine, no matter what. Love can defeat anything, "added Juliana.
The photograph, which was uploaded on Instagram, became viral again in 2019.
Russian forces crossed the border into Ukraine on Thursday. According to Reuters, Russian President Vladimir Putin rejected Western warnings by launching a full-scale land invasion and air attack that immediately cost dozens of lives and displaced at least 100,000 people.
According to The Washington Post, the snapshot was taken in 2019 while Juliana Kuznetsova (the woman in the photograph) and her fiance were attending a performance in Poland. Tensions between the two nations have been building since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2014.
