SAN DIEGO (FOX5/KUSI) — Following President Donald Trump’s Alaska summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, locals gathered on Friday to send a message to world leaders: “don’t abandon Ukraine.”

The rally, which was named “Stand for American Values/Don’t abandon Ukraine,” was organized by Shield of Freedom, a local nonprofit with the goal of supporting Ukraine.

The group regularly holds weekly rallies in places such as Balboa Park. People gathered on Nobel Dr. Bridge holding Ukranian flags and sunflowers, Ukraine’s national flower, above the I-5.

Mira Rubin, president of Shield of Freedom, said they had a large turnout because of Trump’s meeting with Putin to discuss the ongoing war. She said the summit made her feel “nauseous.”

“I don’t care what they talk about, they’re not going

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