![Ivan Popov holds sign, “No to the war!” at “Peter the Great” statue in St. Petersburg, Russia, a year into Moscow’s war in Ukraine. Solo pickets, “flower protests,” green ribbon movement keep opposition to Putin’s repressive regime, solidarity with Ukrainian people visible.](https://themilitant.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/RussiaProtest_8711.jpg)
As battle rages over Bakhmut Defend Ukraine independence!
‘Fight Moscow’s invasion, and for workers’ rights’
As Russian President Vladimir Putin sends wave after wave of Russian conscripts against Ukrainian forces in Bakhmut, they confront fierce resistance from Ukrainians determined to defeat the invasion. His regime also faces opposition at home to its war, protests from…