Tens of thousands of people have gathered in central London to express solidarity with the people of Ukraine, with the consensus among the vast crowd being that the embattled country would prevail in the war against Russia.
After the rallying call by Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, for people everywhere to protest against the bloodshed by taking to the streets, Trafalgar Square was transformed into a sea of yellow and blue.
The London mayor, Sadiq Khan, who organised the march, said Ukraine had endured “unimaginable pain and suffering” over the past month. Khan, who acted after Zelenskiy’s call for global support, said London stood “shoulder to shoulder with Ukraine in its darkest hour”.
On their route through London, demonstrators marched beneath Yoko Ono’s Imagine Peace message on a huge electronic billboard in Piccadilly, many waving the yellow and blue of the Ukrainian flag as they passed. » | Mark Townsend, Home affairs editor | Saturday, March 26, 2022
