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A6 WORLD NEWS
Monday 14 March 2022
Anti-war protests across Europe, small rallies in Russia

BERLIN (AP) — Tens of thou- port for Russian troops.
sands of people rallied Sun- Despite formally seeking
day in cities across Europe European Union member-
to protest against Russia's ship, Serbia has refused to
ongoing war in Ukraine, join international sanctions
with small vigils taking against its ally Russia de-
place in Russia as well de- spite voting in favor of the
spite a crackdown by au- U.N. resolution condemn-
thorities against such dem- ing Moscow's aggression.
onstrations. The country's dominant
German trade unions state-controlled media
called a protest in Ber- carry frequent pro-Russia
lin, where sunny weather reports about the war.
boosted the turnout. The One day after rallies in Flor-
march led from the city's ence and Naples, Italians
Alexanderplatz — a large and Ukrainians who live
square named after Rus- in Italy turned out for pro-
sian Tsar Alexander I — to a tests in Milan and Rome on
site near the Brandenburg Sunday against the war in
Gate. Ukraine.
Many participants carried In the first row of a march in
flags in the blue and yellow Milan, Italy's financial capi-
colors of Ukraine, while oth- People attend a pro-Ukraine protest rally in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, March 13, 2022. tal, protesters held blood-
ers bore banners reading Associated Press ied cloth bundles to repre-
"Stop the War" and "Peace sent children killed in Rus-
and Solidarity for the peo- dra Belozerova, a Russian tained in 36 cities as of late staged in Warsaw, London sian attacks on Ukrainians.
ple in Ukraine." studying in Germany. "It's afternoon Moscow time. and the German cities of Some children held draw-
Norbert Herring, who held the least we can do in this There was a heavy police Frankfurt, Hamburg and ings, and many marchers
up a sign that read "What situation." presence at central lo- Stuttgart. streaked their cheeks in the
are you doing to your Her friend, Aliia Biktagirova, cations including Mane- A small far-right party orga- colors of the Ukrainian flag.
neighbor?" as the crowds held a sign with letters for zhnaya Square near the nized a protest in Serbia's Before the march, protest-
filed past the Russian Em- the Russian phrase for "No Kremlin, with officers car- capital, Belgrade, in sup- ers stretched out an enor-
bassy, said the images from War" represented as aster- rying demonstrators away port of Russia's invasion of mous, rainbow-colored
Ukraine reminded him of isks to reflect the censorship to waiting police vans, in Ukraine. peace flag in a Milan
the bombing of cities dur- she said is taking place in footage posted by Rus- The occupants of dozens square.
ing World War II. Russia concerning the con- sian media. The number of of cars waved Russian and In Rome's march, one of
Several participants at flict. people protesting nation- Serbian flags, honked horns the participants held a
the Berlin protest said they In Russia, where demon- wide appeared to be far and chanted slogans in cardboard sign that read,
were Russians ashamed strations against the war fewer than the last major favor of Russian President "Close the Sky,'' an appar-
about what their country in Ukraine have been typi- protests a week ago, when Vladimir Putin. Some cars ent reference to Ukraine's
was doing. cally met with a heavy po- OVD-Info listed more than had "Z" painted on them — plea to NATO to establish
"We're against this war so lice response, rights group 5,000 people who were de- the letter is used on Russian a no-fly zone over Ukraine
we wanted to show our OVD-Info said more than tained. armored vehicles in Ukraine against Russian warplanes.
solidarity," said Aleksan- 668 people had been de- Anti-war protests were also and is now a symbol of sup- q

Official: Drone that crashed in Croatia carried a bomb

minister said Sunday. indicated it could have the country's authorities
The Soviet-made aircraft come from both," he said. weren't informed and that
crossed Romania and Hun- Air crash investigators have NATO reacted only after
gary before entering Croa- pulled most of the drone's questions were posed by
tia, slamming into a field remaining parts from a journalists.
near a student dormitory large crater it created on "If this situation had been
late Thursday. impact, including a partly detected and resolved in
About 40 parked cars were damaged black box that time in neighboring coun-
damaged in the large ex- should reveal the drone's tries, we would not be here
plosion, but no one was in- flight path. today," Banozic said.
jured. Croatian officials have criti- "We will seek answers to
"Traces of explosives and cized NATO for what they what happened. The de-
clues suggesting that called a slow reaction to fense ministers of Romania
this was not a reconnais- a very serious incident and and Hungary said that day
sance aircraft were found. called into question the they were evaluating what
Police inspect site of a drone crash in Zagreb, Croatia, Friday, We found parts of an air readiness of the military al- happened. We are waiting
March 11, 2022. bomb," Croatian Defense liance's member states to for an answer," he said.
Associated Press Minister Mario Banozic said respond to a possible at- Croatian investigators
at the crash site. tack. identified the unmanned
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — A member states before He said that this further rais- NATO said the alliance's aircraft that crashed in Za-
military drone that appar- crashing in an urban zone es a question about wheth- integrated air and mis- greb as a Soviet-era Tu-141
ently flew all the way from of the Croatian capital was er the drone belonged to sile defense had tracked that was used for recon-
the Ukrainian war zone armed with an explosive Russia or Ukraine. the object's flight path. naissance missions in both
over three European NATO- device, Croatia's defense "There are elements that But Croatian officials said countries in the 1980s.q