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.
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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Ukraine turns to poppies in rebuke of Russian WWII ‘myth’
Wearing World War II-era uniform of the Red Army troops, Russian soldiers take part in the military parade on the Red Square in Moscow on Nov. 7, 2014.
