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Ukraine turns to poppies in rebuke of Soviet World War II narrative

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Volodymyr Vyatrovych speaks during a ceremony at the Mystetskyi Arsenal in Kyiv, where the “Remembrance Poppy,” Ukraine’s new symbol of victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, was unveiled.

KYIV – Ukraine is making the crimson poppy flower a symbol of the victory over Nazi Germany, part of a shift away from Soviet imagery Kyiv says the Kremlin is using to influence neighbors and promote self-serving myths about World War II amid a conflict in eastern Ukraine. First Lady Maryna Poroshenko attended a “Remembrance…...

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