Crowd gathered at the memorial cemetery in Warsaw on Tuesday, May 9 prevented Ambassador of the Russian Federation Sergei Andreev to lay a wreath TASS.
Employees of the Russian diplomatic mission came to the memorial cemetery to honor the memory of the soldiers who died for the liberation of Poland from fascism. “The crowd surrounded them and prevented them from passing,” the source said.
According to him, from the Russian ambassador St. They demanded, through the speaker, to remove the George ribbon.
An eyewitness who witnessed the events said “The diplomats were pushed back to the cars they came from,” and noted that the ambassador and his entourage had to leave.
Later, Andreev said that during the wreath-laying blockade, Russian diplomats were not injured.
According to him, when the diplomats arrived at the emplacement, “there were many protesters, the whole street was covered with Ukrainian flags and crosses.”
“As we got out of the cars with wreaths and flowers, a crowd of protesters blocked the road,” he said.
Andreev added that the police ensured security and did not attempt to humiliate the action against him. [дипломатов РФ] does not have.
“Everything is fine, no one got hurt,” the ambassador said. According to him, the senior police officer reported that the action in the square near the memorial cemetery was recorded by the Warsaw City Hall.
“So, as they say, they have no reason to support us and prevent these actions. [толпы]”, Andreev explained.
Recalling that Russian diplomats in Warsaw were prevented from laying wreaths on May 9 for the second year in a row, Andreev said, “I had to turn around and go.”
“It doesn’t change anything for us. This is our holiday. We celebrate it with optimism. No dirty game, big or small, will embarrass us,” he concluded.
Exactly one year ago, on May 9, 2022, the Russian ambassador to Poland was attacked on Victory Day and red liquid was spilled on him. This happened during the laying of flowers on the graves of Soviet soldiers. Thereupon, the diplomat reminded that he had left the cemetery, accompanied by the police, without laying a wreath. DEA News.
The War Memorial Cemetery on Žvirki and Wigura Street in Warsaw was established in 1950. There, on an area of 19.2 hectares, 22,000 Soviet soldiers who died during the liberation of Poland from the Nazi invaders are buried. There is an inscription in two languages on the plate:
“Eternal honor to the soldiers of the Soviet army who died for the liberation of Poland from the Nazi invaders from 1944 to 1945.”
In total, more than 600 thousand Soviet soldiers died on the territory of Poland during the Great Patriotic War.
Tiergarten fight and flag ban
At the Soviet war memorial in Berlin on May 7 dead fight. Several children, accompanied by adults, climbed into the tanks and a police officer asked them to come down.
“A heated argument ensued between a 47-year-old man from the group and a 45-year-old man with the Ukrainian flag on his back. They say it’s about the war in Ukraine,” he writes. Berliner Zeitung.
Previously, an administrative court in Berlin displayed Russian and Soviet flags, as well as St. George forbade the hanging of his ribbons. The newspaper also writes that similar restrictions on Ukrainian flags have been lifted. Tagesspiegel.