Protesters have thrown red paint on the Russian ambassador to Poland as he arrived at a cemetery in Warsaw to pay respects to Red Army soldiers who died during World War II
Highlights
- Protesters throw red paint on Russian ambassador to Poland as he arrives at a cemetery in Warsaw to pay respects to Red Army soldiers who died during World War II.
- Ambassador Sergey Andreev arrived at the Soviet soldiers’ cemetery to lay flowers on Victory Day.
- The protesters carried Ukrainian flags and chanted “fascists” and “murderers” at him, in Russian, while some were dressed in white sheets smeared with red, symbolizing the Ukrainian victims of Russia’s war.
- The Polish government faced criticism for not providing the ambassador with more security, allowing for an incident to occur that Russia could use to depict Poland as hostile to Moscow.