Thousands of Germans protest against arms supplies to Ukraine

Berlin, Apr 9 (RHC) Thousands of Germans on Saturday rejected the supply of arms to Ukraine, during a peaceful march on the eve of Catholic Easter, local media reported on Saturday.

In some 120 German cities, processions related to the religious festival took place on Saturday, when citizens came together in several peaceful initiatives to demand an end to Ukraine’s rearmament, local television reported.

Some 3,000 people attended the peace rallies, which also advocated a diplomatic solution to the conflict in Ukraine, where President Vladimir Putin announced the beginning of a warlike operation on February 24, 2022, to protect the population of Donbas.

The demonstrations began in a square in the downtown Redding area in Berlin, said Netzewerk Friedenskooperarive, the organization in charge of coordinating peaceful actions in Germany.

At the rallies, participants bore posters and signs with slogans such as “United States and NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) out of Ukraine,” in allusion to the military bloc’s nearly direct participation in the conflict, as denounced by Russia.

Other signs read “Diplomacy and not war” and “Cheap energy now,” amid the boomerang effect in the country after the adoption of draconian punitive measures against Russia, which included a boycott on the purchase of its hydrocarbons. (Source: PL)