Reporter Zou Ciyun / full report
Since the beginning of the Russo-Ukrainian War, many Taiwanese have chosen to fight side by side with the Ukrainian army on the front line. Not only are the soldiers on the battlefield warriors, but there is also a group of “female soldiers” behind them who silently dedicate what they have learned. One of them Huimei, a girl from Taiwan, has not only stayed in Ukraine since the beginning of the war, but also learned to make Molotov cocktails with local women, and even sewed a blessing alone point by point under the harsh environment of water and electricity outages in Ukraine.The bracelets of Ukrainian soldiers returning home safely touch each other.
Many Ukrainian soldiers wore “International Bridge Club” armbands in combat. The Ukrainian text under the armbands is “дике поле”, which means wild grassland. (Image/Browse Facebook @Isaac Wang）
Wang Yixin, the producer of the drama “International Bridge Club”, as she met several Taiwanese volunteers who went to Ukraine, often shared on Facebook what the soldiers saw, heard and felt in the local area, so that people may know the battlefield from the mouths of these volunteers The most authentic side, and recently published that Taiwanese volunteers in Ukraine made bracelets with the words “Return safe” to bless all the soldiers who went to war for return home safe and sound.
Wang Yixin wrote that Taiwanese volunteers were ordered to go to the frontline again last week, and they were all players from the “International Bridge Club”. It should be a good sign that it can be made into an armband and carried to the battlefield. However, at that time, many places in Ukraine fell into a situation of water and electricity outages after being shelled by the army. Russian, and this idea met with obstacles.
The bracelets embroidered with “Peaceful Return” were made in Odessa in Wunan. (Image/Browse Facebook @Isaac Wang）
But at that moment, Huimei, a Taiwanese girl who had stayed in Ukraine before the war and never left, accepted the job without saying a word. She once told her family: “I think I’m also Ukrainian. And I fight with everyone.” Though Emi’s “fight” didn’t involve carrying a gun, she and the women of Odessa began making Molotov cocktails in the square on the second day after Russia invaded Ukraine, and learned from soldiers how to throw it’s the easiest way to set enemy vehicles on fire.
When Huimei learned of the awkwardness of the situation and the urgency of the time, he just said: “No problem, I have time, I will sew by hand.” And she really sewed one after another with the help of the faint light of the candle Armband with the inscription “Return Safely” and the Ukrainian flag.
In the harsh environment of water and electricity cut off, Huimei, a Taiwanese girl, sewed the bracelet stitch by stitch by candlelight. (Image/Browse Facebook @Isaac Wang）
Wang Yixin pointed out that Huimei not only joked that Putin would pay for his laser eye surgery, but also shouted at the Taiwanese volunteers who would fight, “I almost lost my eyes from this armband, so , everyone come back safely, or I’ll kill you!” Not only those who defended Uzbekistan on the battlefield, but also a large group of people who provided support behind them should be called “brave”.
further reading
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Strong women’s army! Taiwanese girls choose to stay in Ukraine to “fight” homemade petrol bombs, sew bracelets
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