“Stop this madness!
“: in Berlin, Paris, London or New York, thousands of demonstrators protested Thursday in many countries against the invasion of Ukraine.
Just like in Russia where hundreds of protesters were arrested.
In Moscow as in Saint Petersburg, thousands of Russians demonstrated and more than 1,700 people were arrested by the police in several cities of the country, more than half of them in the capital alone, according to the specialized NGO OVD-Info .
In Paris, some 2,800 demonstrators, according to the police headquarters, gathered Thursday evening on the Place de la République.
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In Moscow as in Saint Petersburg, thousands of Russians demonstrated and more than 1,700 people were arrested by the police in several cities of the country.
Several rallies brought together around a thousand people in Saint Petersburg and twice as many in Moscow, to denounce the military invasion of Ukraine ordered by Vladimir Putin.
The scale of these demonstrations remains much smaller than previous protest movements in Russia, but the mere fact that they took place is significant.
Because Russian civil society has been crushed by repressions in recent years.
In Paris, in front of the Russian embassy, demonstrators carried blue and yellow Ukrainian flags and some held a bouquet of mimosas in their hands.
Hundreds of people were present Thursday at midday in front of the Russian Embassy.
On the Place de la République, some 2,800 demonstrators, according to the police headquarters, gathered Thursday evening to protest against the invasion of Ukraine and castigate the Russian president with cries of "Putin terrorist, Putin assassin".
In Berlin, Germany, a rally was organized at the foot of the mythical Brandenburg Gate.
Vladimir “Putin has already robbed my house because I am from Donetsk and my family and I had to leave because of the war,” says Sofia Avdeeva, a 22-year-old student.
In Cologne, a tear above the Ukrainian flag...
In London, a few hundred demonstrators, mostly Ukrainians, gathered outside Prime Minister Boris Johnson's office in Downing Street.
'No War' in front of the Russian Embassy in Madrid, Spain.
In Barcelona, a rally took place in Sant Jaume square.
Here in Rome, the capital of Italy.
In Poland, a country bordering Ukraine, several thousand people marched in the city center of Krakow, where Ukrainian immigration is particularly numerous.
"Pray for Ukraine" in Bucharest, the capital of Romania.
In Vilnius, Lithuania, Russian passports were burned.
Bloodthirsty Killer in Istanbul, Turkey.
On Times Square, the famous square in New York, where some 200 Ukrainians had gathered, Dmytro Zhurba, 36, no longer believed too much in the international community.
"They haven't done anything in the last eight years" since the annexation of Crimea, where he is from, he lamented.
“Everyone tried to play diplomacy with Russia.
But you can't,” he fumed.
“Do you realize, there is a real war in the heart of Europe, in 2022!
".
“Help Ukraine now” in front of the White House in Washington.
“No war”, always in Washington.
“We want peace” and hugs, in Los Angeles, California.
In Canada, in Montreal: “Putin, stop your delirium”.
'Putin in court' on a wall of the Russian Embassy, Mexico City, Mexico.
In Santiago, Chile.
In Tel Aviv, Israel, a protester burned his Russian passport.
“Stop the War” in Tokyo, the capital of Japan.
“Get out of my country”, in Taiwan.
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