Russian ambassador is doused in pink paint whereas laying flowers at Soviet struggle memorial in Poland
Russia‘s ambassador to Poland was doused in pink paint and pelted with objects as he tried to put a wreath at a memorial to Soviet troopers in Warsaw at present.
Sergei Andreev was confronted by protesters as he tried to mark Victory Day – Nazi Germany‘s give up in 1945 – on the Soviet Army ceremony within the Polish capital.
He was blocked from getting into the cemetery by a crowd that waved Ukrainian flags in his face and chanted ‘fascist’ earlier than folks started throwing issues at him.
Andreev and his safety element had been hit a number of instances with projectiles earlier than one demonstrator threw a bag of pink paint into his face.
The delegation the place prevented from reaching the struggle memorial on the centre of the cemetery or laying the wreaths they’d introduced with them.
As a substitute, police needed to be known as to escort them away. Andreev mentioned later that he had not been injured throughout the fracas.
However the incident highlights tensions which were constructing between Russia and different former Soviet states for the reason that invasion of Ukraine.
Poland – which has a protracted and bloody historical past with Soviet Russia – has been a staunch supporter of Ukraine for the reason that early days of the struggle and has been on the receiving finish of threats by Kremlin propagandists in consequence.
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