On February 24, 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine. This Friday, several protest marches and commemorative events in Berlin commemorate the start of the invasion exactly one year ago. Thousands of participants are expected.
Thousands of participants are expected in Berlin on Friday for demonstrations, commemorative events and protest marches to mark the first anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Motorists must therefore expect major traffic restrictions in downtown Berlin during the course of the day.
Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier (SPD) has left 10:30 am to an official commemoration invited to Bellevue Palace. Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) and other representatives of the constitutional bodies will also take part. A video message from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is also planned.
Probably the biggest rally “Win the peace, not the war” are next to thousands of participants Brandenburg Gate among others, the Governing Mayor Franziska Giffey (SPD) and the Ukrainian Ambassador Oleksii Makeiev announced. Numerous protest marches meet there in the evening. According to the police, 12,500 participants are expected.
Already from 12 o’clock should he “peace train: Peace for Ukraine and worldwide!” am Alexanderplatz start and move to the Reichstag. 100 participants are registered there.
One 13 o’clock starts one Demonstration am Brandenburg Gate with 4,500 registered participants under the motto “Support Ukraine”.
Ab 4 p.m is the Demonstration “Don’t accept the outrageous!” of the Berlin Literature Festival Cafe Kyiv, otherwise called Café Moscow, announced. The writers Elfriede Jelinek and Herta Müller and the historians Karl Schlögel and Timothy Snyder, among others, called for this.
The protest march “We will never forget” starts over 17 o’clock of the Karl-Marx-Allee. 3,000 participants are expected for this.
For 6 p.m are both closing rallies planned at the Brandenburg Gate and at the Großer Stern, as well as one peace service at Breitscheidplatz, which was initiated by the Berlin State Music Council.
A year ago, Russia launched its war of aggression once morest Ukraine.
Broadcast: rbb24 Inforadio, February 24, 2023, 8 a.m