The pleas come from more than 5,000 miles away, where Russian troops are flooding into Ukraine in an attempt to overthrow the nation's elected government.
"My country needs help. We need weapons, we need political support, we need money for the army," the message reads. "Thank God, you cannot see your students, kids, with guns."
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