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The anti-war rally for Ukraine in the center of Athens has ended

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The anti-war rally and gathering of support and solidarity with the Ukrainian people, in Syntagma Square, was completed. Crowds rallied holding Ukrainian flags, flowers and placards with slogans in favor of peace, but also against Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

“Stop Putin, stop the war, we want peace” are some of the slogans written on the posters of protesters denouncing the sixth day of hostilities in Ukraine.

Still, there are many who wore T-shirts and stickers with the slogan #metinukrania and the face of Vladimir Putin painted with a red X.

According to the internet call, today’s rally was “an initiative of independent citizens calling on the friends of freedom and democracy in our country, of all nationalities, to protest against the barbaric Russian invasion of Ukraine and in favor of its heroic resistance.” of the Ukrainian people “.

Among the protesters were the Deputy Minister of Tourism, Sofia Zacharaki, who stated, among other things, that “I am here today to express my support and encouragement to the Ukrainian people” and the mayor of Athens, Costas Bakogiannis.

A similar rally was organized in Aristotelous Square in Thessaloniki.

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