Demonstration in Brussels against the Russian invasion: “If Ukraine stops defending itself, it will cease to exist”

A year following the Russian invasion, a demonstration of support was organized in Brussels by the collective Promote Ukraine. To obtain the withdrawal of Russian troops from all of Ukraine, the Belgian and Ukrainian demonstrators are calling for the acceleration of the arming of Ukraine.

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By Francois Hardy

Published on 02/25/2023 at 18:45
Reading time: 5 mins

Lhe sun of this Saturday morning will have convinced some to come. However, on boulevard Roi Albert II, it was a hailstorm that greeted the demonstrators. A bit like reminding them that they are not going out to sunbathe, but to protest once morest a much darker situation. Organized by the collective Promote Ukraine, the event was to bring together 5,000 people. He expected 10,000. At 1 p.m., at the rendezvous, the group barely exceeded a thousand people. The heart is not there, the slogans struggle to come out of the mouths of the demonstrators.

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