The Walk for Peace and Against Russian attack in Ukraine organized Saturday, February 26 in the city Council of Europe has gathered a wide range of protesters.
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They were about 3,700, Saturday, February 26, to answer the call of the Association promoukraïna for a manifestation in support of Ukraine, after a first spontaneous event Thursday. The Alsatian capital has a significant Ukrainian community, linked to the presence of the Council of Europe but also through close links with some Alsatian associations, mobilized since the accident of Chernobyl in the reception of Ukrainian children during the holidays. ‘summer. Chechene, Turkish, Georgians, Polish, Kurds, German, French have joined the protesters, to denounce the war led by Vladimir Putin.
On the Kléber square, in the middle of the signs encouraging the inhabitants of Kiev to hold good (“Kyiv Stay Strong”) or denouncing the politics led by Vladimir Putin (“Putin = Hitler), we kiss, we console , we encourage. A young woman says spontaneously: “I must tell you, people who live in Russia do not agree with this invasion; especially those from the other States of the CIS [Community of Independent States]. “Ambir is Kazakh, she studied the social sciences in Strasbourg. And sees with fright warning to the doors of Europe.
” Here we can manifest and it’s important to do it! “
This is also the case of Elizaveta Grosheva. The young screenwriter from Moscow came with family at the gathering, to brandish a message: “The Russians are against the war!” It explains, in the midst of demonstrators draped from Ukrainian colors: “We do not agree With Putin’s aggression. I do not know anyone in my family or among my friends who support the war. We do not want to send our young people to fight in Ukraine. But in Russia people can not come out manifest. In recent days, 2,500 people have already stopped. Here we can manifest and it’s important to do it! “
Elected local, activists of all stripes, associative and simple citizens have come in numbers. “It’s been three days that a broad and non-induced aggression takes place in Ukraine. In the last two days, the bombings made 158 victims, including three children. Putin wants Ukraine to become a puppet of Russia, but that does not Will not happen! NATO will come, and one day the Russians will be brought before the international justice, as at the Nuremberg trial, “says Boris Tarassiouk, Ambassador of Ukraine to the Council of Europe.
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