Six months after Russian troops invaded Ukraine, hundreds of people protested against the war in Berlin. After prayers in the Memorial Church on Breitscheidplatz, people moved to Wittenbergplatz and Nollendorfplatz in the direction of Potsdamer Strasse on Wednesday. Several of them waved Ukrainian flags, wore them over their shoulders or wore blue and yellow clothing. Ukraine also celebrated the 31st anniversary of its independence from the Soviet Union on Wednesday.
The association Vitsche called for the event. Its board member Vlada Vorobiova said before the protest: “Today is a day of great horror – it’s been six months since Russia attacked all of Ukraine – but at the same time it’s also a day of great freedom, of independence, for which Ukraine stand and fight.”
A police spokesman initially spoke of around 2,000 participants, but more people would be added. The organizers had expected up to 10,000 demonstrators. The demonstration should end in the evening at the Brandenburg Gate. In the first weeks after the beginning of the war there were several large protest marches in Berlin.
