Pro-Russians on Sunday staged demonstrations in the German cities of of Frankfurt and Hanover, where they were far outnumbered by supporters of Ukraine, local police said.
Highlights
- Pro-Russians staged demonstrations in German cities of of Frankfurt and Hanover, where they were far outnumbered by supporters of Ukraine.
- Around 3,500 Ukraine supporters gathered in Hanover in the city centre, police said.
- Around 235,000 Russian citizens live in Germany, according to government statistics from late 2020.
- About 135,000 Ukrainians lived in Germany before Russia’s invasion, but around an additional 300,000 have arrived since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb.
- Russia’s President Vladimir Putin sent his troops into Ukraine on what he calls a “special military operation” to demilitarise and “denazify” Ukraine and the West say Putin launched an unprovoked war