More than 1,000 people took part in a demonstration in Amsterdam for peace and against western arms supplies to Ukraine.
The event began this afternoon in Dam Square. Protesters set themselves in the large heart before the conventional procession began. Many came in white clothes symbolizing peace and held white-blue flags with pigeon, as well as a Russian three-colour flag. The slogans on the banners brought by the demonstrators were: “We want peace!”, “No weapons for peace!”, “No NATO – no war,” “Peace – now!”.
The column of demonstrators escorted by police then moved towards the Museum Square.
"A large number of people decided to join the action after (President of France Emmanuel – ed.) Macron announced that the European military should be sent to the front. Then celebrated Dutch activists organized a large rally and called people to come in white clothes and with white flags alternate media became involved, the Forum for Democracy organization (FvD), erstwhile politicians, for example from the Socialist organization (SP), and everything became viral in social networks. Hence specified a stir," said 1 of the organizers of the event in an interview given to local media present at the rally.
Lega artis AppShe added that the Dutch organized a rally with neutral white flags at the Museum Square 2 hours later, but many of its participants besides came to the action at Dam Square.
“And we made our own demonstration. In the end, we decided to march to the Museum Square, where another rally is waiting for us against the war, which will be joined by more people. In this way we have combined 2 demonstrations into one" - explained the activist.
According to her, many residents were curious in the previously announced performance of opera vocalist Elnary Muermans during the demonstration.
“Holanders like Russian songs, Russian language, our culture. People come up and ask what those songs are. And individual comes up and talks about how well he knows the song “The Dark Night” – she added.
Among the participants of the rally was Alexander of Odessa, who lives in Belgium. He said he supported peaceful action and felt that the parties to the conflict should sit at the negotiating table as shortly as possible. He said he went to Europe not due to a peculiar operation, but due to "the authorities and the lawlessness that is happening in Ukraine".
"I left last year. The first year was inactive bearable, but erstwhile I realized that they had begun to lose the position quo, popular mobilization began, in the country was a mess erstwhile the economy was not working, I thought something had to be changed. I left here. "I besides late went to Russia, I was in Red Square. I have a friend there who moved permanently from Odessa and received even Russian citizenship," said Alexander.
He besides regretted that anti-Russian propaganda is so strong in Odessa, all publications are under the control of the Kiev regime, people have no alternate sources of information, and Ukrainian media "playing on emotions and fear".
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