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Ukraine Flags Fly in Europe & USA Against Putin’s ‘Surreal War’

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Protesters turned out in cities around the world on Thursday in solidarity with Ukraine against Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “surreal war”, as hundreds of demonstrators who marched in Russia itself were arrested.

Police made more than 1,700 arrests in 51 cities across Russia, an independent monitor said, cracking down on dissent after authorities warned citizens against marching.

In Berlin, several hundred people rallied at the Brandenburg Gate, lit up in the blue and yellow colours of the Ukraine flag for the second evening.

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Student Sofia Avdeeva, 22, from the disputed Donetsk region, described Putin as a “war criminal” and said she hoped “the same thing he is putting people through happens to him and his family”.

Russians also joined the protests, with some holding placards outside the Russian embassy. “We want to show that we are against the war,” said Ekaterina Studnitzky, 40, a teacher from Moscow, holding a cardboard Ukraine flag.

 

‘Brothers and sisters’

“Ukraine was always a very friendly and close country to us. We have a lot of relatives there, a lot of friends. Nobody wants this war,” she said.

“This is just terrible. Ukrainian and Russian people are brothers and sisters,” said Olga Krupacina, 32, a student from Kaliningrad.

In Paris, several hundred people gathered outside the Russian embassy.

Protesters chanted “Stop Putin, stop the war” and carried placards with slogans declaring “No war” and “Putin Ukraine 2022, Hitler Poland 1939”.

“We are here to support the people of Ukraine, those who are still there,” said French Ukrainian protester Teresa Voytanovska, 42.

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In New York, around 200 protesters marched from Times Square to Russia’s UN office. Among them was 34-year-old Kateryna Bieliaieva.

“I feel so powerless, this is the only thing I could do. I want to do more,” she told AFP.

In Madrid, Oscar-winning Spanish actor Javier Bardem was among roughly 50 people who gathered outside the Russian embassy.

He told a local television station he was protesting Putin’s “absurd, cruel and voracious attack” on Ukraine, describing the Russian leader as an “ultranationalist”.

In London, a few hundred mainly Ukrainian protesters rallied outside Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s official Downing Street residence, which was lit up yellow and blue.

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“Wake up, Russia, wake up!” the crowd chanted, many of them tearful.

Around 150 people demonstrated in Stockholm outside the Russian embassy, waving Ukrainian flags and holding signs reading “Ukraine, solidarity!”, “Stop Russian aggression” and “Stop the bloody maniac”.

“We feel destroyed… It’s a very bad feeling when your mum calls you at six o’clock in the morning and says that the war has started,” said Yevhenii Osypchuk, a 27-year-old car mechanic.

“So we just decided to leave our jobs and to come to say ‘no’ in front of the Russian embassy.”

 

‘We just want peace’

In Dublin on Thursday morning, a small group of protesters gathered outside the Russian embassy where red paint was splattered on the mission’s emblem by a gated entrance.

Later in the day, dozens of protesters gathered outside the national parliament building in the centre of the Irish capital carrying Ukrainian flags and placards emblazoned with “stand with Ukraine” and “Putin get out of Ukraine”.

Demonstrations were held in other cities across the globe, including Athens, Barcelona, Bern, Istanbul, Beirut, Lisbon, Sofia, Tokyo, Warsaw and Washington, DC.

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In Georgia, thousands rallied in the capital Tbilisi’s main thoroughfare, waving Ukrainian and Georgian flags and holding banners that read “Putin get out of Ukraine”.

The war has sparked a sense of deja vu in Georgia, which faced a devastating Russian invasion in 2008.

Source: AFP

 

Also read: M’sians Bearing MH17 Tragedy in Mind Show Support For Ukraine Following Russian Invasion

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