Monitoring Desk
BERLIN: A protest demonstration against providing Ukraine with arms for war with Russia attracted 10,000 protestors on Saturday, drawing criticism from top government officials and a large number of police personnel to maintain law and order in the city.
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The protest was organized by a left-wing German politician in Berlin. The protest rally comes a day following the one-year anniversary of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. On the day several western allies promised to provide weapons to Ukraine and impose new sanctions against Moscow to express support for Kyiv worldwide.
The protestors said that they ask the German chancellor to stop the escalation of arms supplies as many people are dying daily and they are closing towards World War III.
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Germany, along with the US, has been one of the major suppliers of arms for Kyiv. The protestors said, “negotiate, not escalate”, while a poster in the crowd read, “Not our war”.
Police officials said on Saturday that 10,000 protestors gathered in central Berlin. It added that police sent 1,400 personnel to maintain the peace and to enforce bans on Russian, Ex-Soviet flags, Russia’s military songs, military uniforms, and right-wing sings and symbols.
