demonstrations in support of kyiv across Europe, two years after the start of the conflict

Thousands of people demonstrated in Europe to show their support for Ukraine on Saturday February 24, the second anniversary of the Russian invasion. In Germany, some 5,000 people gathered in Berlin, according to police. “Our place in this fight for freedom is alongside our Ukrainian friends”, said the city’s mayor, Kai Wegner. The Brandenburg Gate, which during the Cold War ran alongside the wall that split the metropolis in two, is to be illuminated in the evening in the yellow and blue colors of Ukraine. There were also numerous demonstrators in Cologne. Several thousand others have been recorded in Frankfurt, Munich and Stuttgart in particular.

In France, thousands of people also marched to show their support for kyiv, sometimes to cries of “Putin assassin!” Or “Russia out of Ukraine!”. In Paris, Lille, Rouen, Nice and Toulouse, Ukrainians and French people, often wrapped in the Ukrainian flag, gathered to express their solidarity but also their concern at a time when the Kiev forces, lacking weapons and ammunition, are in a very difficult position against Russian troops.

In the United Kingdom, several thousand people marched from Hyde Park to demonstrate in Trafalgar Square, in a sea of ​​Ukrainian flags. In Dublin, thousands marched in a rally organized by the Ukrainian community in Ireland, which has hosted 100,000 refugees since the start of the war. Demonstrations also took place in Switzerland, Sweden, Serbia, Italy and Spain.