Berlin (dpa)- In Germany, tens of thousands of people took to the streets in Berlin and other cities to protest against the war in Ukraine. More than a hundred thousand people took part in one of the largest demonstrations in recent German history in Berlin on Sunday. The police said the number of participants was in the lower six figures, while the organisers even estimated that half a million took part.
An alliance of trade unions, churches, initiatives, environmental organisations and peace groups had called for the demonstration against Russia’s attack on its neighbouring country. The organisers had initially expected 20,000 participants under the banner “Stop the war. Peace for Ukraine and all of Europe”.
Thousands of people also demonstrated against the war in Ukraine in other German cities over the weekend. In the German carnival stronghold of Cologne, the organisers called for a peace demonstration on Rose Monday – the traditional highlight of the street carnival.