Greater than 10,000 individuals gathered in Paris on Sunday, 23 February at Place de la République and marched to Place de la Bastille for a rally marking the third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Supply: Ukrinform
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Particulars: Supporters marched behind a banner calling for unity for Ukraine’s victory, unfurling a 262-metre-long Ukrainian flag and chanting "Solidarity with Ukraine!"
The demonstrators included many French residents in addition to representatives of the Georgian and Polish communities. Officers from Paris Metropolis Corridor, senators and deputies additionally got here alongside to indicate their help.
Vadym Omelchenko, Ukraine’s ambassador to France, took half within the rally, stressing that France stands by the precept "Nothing about Ukraine with out Ukraine, nothing about Europe with out Europe".
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Among the many slogans noticed on placards on the demonstration had been "Trump, Putin, no negotiations with out Ukraine!", "Putin means bloodbath and homicide", and "Ukraine isn’t on the market".
Volodymyr Kohutiak, Vice President of the Ukrainian World Congress and Deputy Head of the Union of Ukrainians in France, mentioned: "At present, as all the time, we referred to as on France to deploy its army as guarantors of peace in Ukraine. We additionally referred to as for the swift unfreezing of Russian belongings to help Ukraine and a big improve in army help."
At Place de la République, activists from the feminist group Femen staged an indication with the message: "If Russia stops preventing, there might be no extra conflict. If Ukraine stops preventing, there might be no extra Europe."
The rally concluded with a live performance by Serhii Vasiliuk, lead singer of the Ukrainian band Tin Sontsia, and a fundraiser for Ukraine’s Armed Forces.
Afterward Sunday, the archbishop of Paris, Laurent Ulrich, mentioned a mass at Notre-Dame in reminiscence of the conflict’s victims and for peace in Ukraine.
A complete of 52 pro-Ukrainian demonstrations are deliberate throughout varied areas of France to mark the third anniversary of the full-scale conflict.
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