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Tattoos on 2015 volunteer veteran and present day tattoo artist, Kim Isrich. The doves on each hand represent "zhinotstvo" (femininity) and "cozatstvo" (freedom fighters). For Kim, the birds represent freedom. A symbol that “we never surrender. Better be dead than a slave." Kyiv, Ukraine 2018

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