Russian Embassy in Germany: Provocation with a tank in Berlin did not fit the understanding of the citizens

MOSCOW, February 26 – RIA Novosti. The provocation by the placement of a wrecked tank near the Russian embassy building in Berlin did not meet the understanding and support of German citizens, who in action on Saturday expressed a clear desire for a peaceful resolution to the conflict in Ukraine. Refusing to provide German military equipment to Kiev, the diplomatic mission said in a comment.

Protesters protesting the supply of weapons to Ukraine on Saturday covered a tank lined up with hundreds of flowers during a special operation set up by pro-Ukrainian activists in front of the Russian embassy in Berlin, RIA Novosti correspondent reported. . According to various estimates, between 13,000 and 50,000 people attended the protests in the German capital.

“The provocation by the placement of a destroyed Russian tank near the walls of the Russian embassy in Berlin did not meet with the understanding, support and sympathy of the German citizens. They spoke very clearly in favor of a peaceful solution during today’s mass actions. By pumping German weapons and military equipment into escalation and further tightening the spiral of anti-Russian sanctions, the Ukrainian conflict

The Russian diplomatic mission in Germany also thanked all the participants in the mass actions.

Later, the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova, noted that “the Anglo-Saxons and the (Vladimir) Zelensky regime” spent millions in organizing actions around the world.

“Most of this money was stolen,” he wrote on his Telegram channel. “The facilities were blinded for the rest and turned out to be so mediocre that he played against them.”