Around 41,600 people demonstrated in 119 protests in towns and cities across France, over Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24.
Aline Le Bail-Kremer, a member of Stand with Ukraine, one of the groups which organised the protest said they would be there every weekend, in Paris or elsewhere, until Putin leaves, withdraws his tanks
According to interior ministry estimates. In Paris itself, some 16,000 turned out.
Nataliya, a French-Ukrainian woman who did not wish to give her surname to protect her son who is in Ukraine, said despite the suffering, they will win.
One of the largest rallies to demand the withdrawal of Russia’s troops from Ukraine on the invasion’s 10th day was in Zurich where organisers believed 40,000 people took part, according to Switzerland’s ATS news agency.
Demonstrators in the largest Swiss city called for “peace now”, while others carried signs saying: “Stop War” and “Peace”. Hundreds also turned out in London including Ukrainians whose families were forced to flee Russian bombs.
In the centre of Rome, unions and organisations rallied in a large “procession of peace”, demonstrating against Putin but also NATO.
More than a thousand people also demonstrated in the Croatian capital Zagreb with banners saying: “Stop the War, Save Europe” and “Glory to Ukraine”.
In the Balkans, the invasion has revived dark memories of the bloody break-up of Yugoslavia in the 1990s, which killed over 100,000 people during a series of conflicts.
Last weekend, hundreds of thousands also turned out in yellow and blue across Europe including in Russia, Germany, Spain and the Czech Republic.
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