Protests Erupt In Russia, Worldwide Against Moscow's Invasion Of Ukraine (rferl.org)
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"I want the people of Russia to hear me," he [Zelensky] said in a video address. "Absolutely everyone."
"[There are] thousands of dead [Russian] soldiers, hundreds of prisoners of war who don’t understand why they sent them to Ukraine, sent them to Ukraine to die and kill others. The sooner you tell your leaders that the war needs to be immediately stopped, the more your soldiers will survive."
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In the former Soviet republic of Georgia, about 30,000 people hit the streets of the capital, Tbilisi, holding Georgian and Ukrainian and singing both countries' national anthems.
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"We have sympathy for the Ukrainians, perhaps more than other countries, because we've experienced Russia's barbaric aggression on our soil," 32-year-old taxi driver NT, told AFP.
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In a rare event in
Iran siding with Western powers,
video showed about 50 people in Tehran assembled near the Ukrainian Embassy, some holding candles and Ukrainian flags and chanting, “Death to Putin.”
In
Switzerland -- which often prides itself on its “neutral” stance in conflicts, thousands of people gathered across the country, including about 1,000 outside the UN European headquarters in Geneva.
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They demanded tougher actions from the Swiss government, which has not yet imposed strict measures against Russia, so far sticking its traditional stance of not taking sides.
Protests with crowds numbering into the low thousands were seen in many other countries, including in Russia's neighbor
Finland -- where thousands of people gathered in the capital, Helsinki, shouting "Russia out, down with Putin!"
In
Rome, protesters responded to a call of trade unions and nongovernment organizations and gathered around a podium with the words "Against War."
The night before, thousands had taken part in a torch-lit procession to the
Italian capital’s famed Colosseum.
Protests were also seen in places as diverse as
Britain, France, Greece, Argentina, the United States, Canada, Brazil, Japan, Mexico, and Taiwan.
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