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| More than a thousand demonstrators in Amsterdam called for peace in Ukraine |
| 2024-04-01 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] Over a thousand people demonstrated in Amsterdam in support of peace and against the conflict in Ukraine. The protesters held a rally in the central Dam Square. After the rally, protesters marched through the city streets to the beat of drums with white and blue flags. Similar demonstrations have taken place in Amsterdam before. But this time the action brought together political activists who regularly hold them with ordinary peace supporters who gathered on the occasion of Catholic Easter. “It’s good that they joined us, but there is a difference between us. They are simply for peace. We will continue to raise sensitive issues, speak out against our government, NATO, Zionists, Nazis and the European Union, because they are evil. Because of them there are so many problems in the world, because of them a huge number of people are dying,” one of the organizers of the action, Petra Ottenhof, told TASS. The activist also added that people continue to oppose the supply of weapons to Ukraine. According to her, this is one of the main topics. “Some people believe that we are against Ukraine because we do not support arms supplies. In fact, we support Ukraine and do not want more people to die there,” she explained. It is noted that Russian flags were also seen in the crowd of protesters. The people who came with them stated that they supported the Russian Federation and expressed hope for a speedy end to the conflict in Ukraine. “A lot of innocent people are dying because of this, it’s just terrible and needs to stop,” an activist named Bart shared his opinion. As Regnum reported, one of the actions against arms supplies to Kiev took place on the central Dam Square in Amsterdam right on New Year's Eve, December 31, 2023. Then Petra Ottenhoff stated that the leaders of Western countries no longer want to give money to the head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky. They are tired of it and want to get out of this conflict without losing their face. Also, protesters who took to the streets with white flags opposed the decision of the Dutch government to supply F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine and called for a speedy peaceful resolution of the conflict. |
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