Nearly 200 people wave blue and yellow flags in the colors of Ukraine, Thursday afternoon in Montreal, in support of the people undergoing an invasion by Russia.
Posted at 3:48 p.m.
Updated at 4:35 p.m.
“We must unite to preserve the lives of Ukrainians,” says Eugen Meshcheria, cheeks painted in Ukrainian colors. The journalism student at Dawson CEGEP says he spoke all night with his grandparents, uncles and aunts who are in Kiev, the capital. “Whatever is going on,” he said, shaking his head. It shouldn’t happen on the 21stand century. »
“Hands off Ukraine,” chanted the crowd in the biting cold outside the Roddick gate, at the corner of Sherbrooke and McGill College streets. The national anthem of Ukraine resounds, shortly after a prayer is recited to watch over the Ukrainian people.
PHOTO CATHERINE LEFEBVRE, SPECIAL COLLABORATION
Thursday morning (Wednesday evening, Montreal time), explosions were heard in Kiev, the Ukrainian capital, as well as in the east and south of the country. About 50 people were killed, including nearly 10 civilians, according to the Ukrainian government.
Near McGill University, several people hold signs with the hashtag #supportukraine, which is also circulating on social networks, to denounce the invasion of Russia.