The Russian rocket strike on a domestic apartment in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro last weekend killed at least 45 individuals-- including 6 children-- and left another 20 individuals missing out on, making it one of the most dangerous attacks considering that Russias intrusion of its next-door neighbor began nearly a year ago.With any kind of dissent or protest successfully banned in Russia because a series of oppressive new laws were introduced in 2015, specific Russian citizens in multiple cities throughout the country have actually reacted to the disaster by positioning flowers, candle lights, and other tokens of their grief at memorials to well-known Ukrainian cultural figures as a way to honor the dead.

In reaction, Russian police has made numerous arrests, removed any homages to the dead, and sometimes even stationed officers to stand watch over Ukraine-linked monuments in a bid to discourage any further public displays of compassion.