Munich was once now not simply the host of a safety convention on Saturday, it was once additionally the focal point of more than one anti-war demonstrations.
Around 10,000 protesters amassed on the southern German town’s Königsplatz – certainly one of greater than a dozen demonstrations around the town which drew in combination anti-NATO protestors, pacifists and pro-Kurdish activists.
Meanwhile, at the Odeon Plaza, a pro-Ukraine rally was once held, calling for extra army help and world enhance for the war-torn nation.
The protests come after two days of talks on the Munich Security Conference, the place European leaders and safety professionals vowed to accentuate enhance for Ukraine because it battles Russian troops.
French President Emmanuel Macron mentioned he believed it was once now not the appropriate second to open talks with Moscow.
“It is not the time for dialogue because we have a Russia which has chosen war, which has chosen to intensify the war, and which has chosen to go as far as committing war crimes and attacking civilian infrastructure,” he mentioned.
While insisting he didn’t need to see a drawn-out warfare, he mentioned France was once able for a “prolonged conflict”.
Meanwhile, Chancellor Olaf Scholz wired German enhance for Kyiv was once “designed to last”, and prompt allies to hurry up deliveries of heavy tanks promised to Ukraine.
