Widespread outrage over Russian aggression erupted in protests around the world as the unprovoked bombardment of Ukraine went into its fourth day.
Thousands of people crowded into Trafalgar Square in Central London yesterday to show their fury at the attacks by Vladimir Putin ’s regime.
Many carried Ukrainian flags and placards reading “Putin get out of Ukraine” to show their solidarity with the under-fire nation.
In Oxford hundreds gathered outside the university’s historic Radcliffe Camera building, bearing banners welcoming refugees fleeing war-ravaged Ukraine.
In Berlin, over 100,000 protesters marched to the Brandenburg Gate to demonstrate their anger in one of Germany’s largest demonstrations in recent history.
Young and old joined the peaceful rally, waving Ukrainian flags and wearing yellow-and-blue face paint to show their opposition to Russia ’s aggression.
Some carried placards with slogans such as “Hands off Ukraine” and “Putin, go to therapy and leave Ukraine and the world in peace”.
There were similar scenes in Madrid, Tokyo, and Seoul, where there was a protest outside the Russian Embassy in the South Korean capital.
Ukrainians living in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq held an anti-war rally on the doorstep of the United Nations office in Erbil.
In the former Soviet Republic of Lithuania, women gathered in the capital Vilnius brandishing placards calling Putin “Europe’s biggest aggressor”.
But in Russia, protesters were arrested for taking part in anti-war marches on Friday.
Some 1,820 were held in 58 Russian cities, according to rights group OVD-Info. They included 1,002 in Moscow, where the biggest protest took place.
Riot police were stationed across the Russian capital on Saturday to stop any demonstrations.
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