In Florence in progress mobilization for peacewhich is organized by network of European mayors, «Eurocities». More than twenty thousand people, with representatives of the Catholic Church, volunteers, the Italian center-right and the center-left, are calling for an immediate end to Russian invasion in Ukraine and dialogue and diplomacy prevail.
Online, the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky He stressed that “this is not a war against Ukraine but against the values that unite us all.”
“Russian forces have surrounded the Ukrainian cities and they want to destroy them, they are bombing houses, churches, hospitals around the clock. “Since the beginning of the war, 79 children have been killed in Ukraine, 79 families have been destroyed,” he said.
For her part, the President of the European Parliament Roberta Metzolaunderlined that “we all support her Ukrainethese men and women who bravely fight every day, against an unjustified invasion “.
K. Bakoyannis: “Democracy, peace, human rights and international law are threatened by the dark forces of division, authoritarianism, violence and war”
The mayor of Athens, Costas Bakogiannis“It’s the moment of truth, it’s a decisive battle of our generation,” he said, adding that democracy, peace, human rights and international law are threatened by the dark forces of division, authoritarianism and violence. and the war. “
Mr Bakoyannis He added that Athens has sent humanitarian aid and is already hosting refugees from Ukraine, proving that in these difficult times, “we are first and foremost human beings.”
THE Mayor of FlorenceFinally, Dario Nardella, president of the Eurocities network, from the podium of Santa Croce Square, told the participants in the mobilization:
“For all of us, the Ukraine is already Europe. Ukrainian citizens are citizens of Florence, Berlin and Bologna. We are here to ask the Russian government to stop the invasion. “Otherwise, the wreckage of the war will nullify any diplomatic effort.”
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