"It is your children dying": Lithuanian women appeal to Russian mothers to stop war

A woman holds a placard during women's protest march in front of the Russian embassy in Vilnius, Lithuania February 27, 2022. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins

VILNIUS (Reuters) - Several thousand woman protested at the Russian Embassy in the Lithuanian capital on Sunday, calling on Russian women to rise up and stop the war in Ukraine.

"Today we send the message for the mothers of Russian soldiers. You can stop this war ... If only you will go to the streets and say 'we don't want this war when we don't want our children to die'," march organiser Daiva Zeimyte said.