Tens of thousands of people rallied Sunday in cities across Europe to protest against Russia's ongoing war in Ukraine, with small vigils taking place in Russia as well despite a crackdown by authorities against such demonstrations.
German trade unions called a protest in Berlin, where sunny weather boosted the turnout. The march led from the city's Alexanderplatz -- a large square named after Russian Tsar Alexander I -- to a site near the Brandenburg Gate.
Several participants at the Berlin protest said they were Russians ashamed about what their country was doing. In Russia, where demonstrations against the war in Ukraine have been typically met with a heavy police response, rights group OVD-Info said more than 668 people had been detained in 36 cities as of late afternoon Moscow time.
A small far-right party organized a protest in Serbia's capital, Belgrade, in support of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. In Rome, Pope Francis decried the "barbarianism" of the killing of children and other defenceless civilians in Ukraine. He told a crowd estimated by the Vatican to number 25,000 people gathered in St. Peter's Square for his customary Sunday noon appearance that the attacks must stop "before cities are reduced to cemeteries."
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