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A number of thousand folks gathered in cities throughout Europe to have fun two years for the reason that starting of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Greater than 3,000 folks took half in a solidarity rally on the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany on Saturday, in keeping with preliminary estimates by native police.
Many contributors within the rally carried Ukrainian flags. Others shared their views on the warfare by holding banners and posters with slogans that learn, “Russia at all times lies” or “The satan is within the Kremlin”. Individuals additionally raised slogans comparable to “Russia is a terrorist nation”.
Massive crowds gathered throughout the UK to point out help for Ukraine and pay tribute to these killed within the warfare of the previous two years.
The commemorations in London started with an interfaith prayer service on the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral in Mayfair. Talking earlier than the service in London, Bishop Kenneth Nowakovsky, the main Ukrainian Catholic bishop in Britain, mentioned his compatriots had been “decided to win the warfare” and that they’d skilled “two years of endless nightmare”.
In the meantime, in Dublin hundreds of individuals marched by way of town. Irish Deputy Prime Minister Michael Martin mentioned that Eire “is not going to waver” in its help for Ukraine.
“For 730 days, Ukraine has endured unimaginable violence and struggling, the destruction of houses, livelihoods and significant infrastructure by the Russian Federation,” he mentioned.
“Throughout the nation, harmless Ukrainian males, girls and youngsters are paying the last word worth of a warfare not of their alternative.”
Different rallies befell in cities throughout Europe, together with Belgrade, Bucharest, Istanbul, Paris, Helsinki and Pamplona, whereas folks in Ukraine mourned their misplaced family members.