(24 Feb 2023)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Berlin - 24 February 2023
++DAY SHOTS++
1. Wide of protesters in front of destroyed Russian tank standing outside Russian embassy
2. Close of signs on Russian tank reading (German) “V Zelenskyy, Platz 1”
3. Sign reading (German) “This is not our war”
4. Protesters with Ukrainian flags next to candles
5. Close of sign reading (German) “Russian troops out of Ukraine; negotiations instead of tanks”
6. Mid of protesters with sign reading (German) “I am Russian, I support Ukraine” next to tank
++NIGHT SHOTS++
7. Wide of Brandenburg Gate illuminated with Ukrainian flag
8. SOUNDBITE (German) Dora Zambo, workshop manager:
“We are here because we want peace. Peace without arms supplies, because you can't create peace with arms and with rearmament. Peace creates only peace and war creates only war.”
9. Close of sign reading (English) “What doesn’t kill you makes you a refugee”
10. Mid of solidarity people marching next to police and vans
11. Police standing in front of demo
12. Protesters with sign reading (English) “Save Ukraine, close the sky”
13. Mid of person taking photos of vigil
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Artjom Merts, software engineer:
“Today we are here to support Ukraine, to show that we are together. Europe knows that Ukraine protects the world as a democracy because we stand against Russian aggression. And that's really important for me personally, and I think it's very important for all of us.”
15. Wide of protesters outside Brandenburg Gate
16. Close of protesters holding sign reading (English) “Stop war in Ukraine”
17. Wide of Brandenburg Gate
18. Close of Ukrainian flag
19. SOUNDBITE (German) Konstantine Senin, senior project manager:
“I come from Russia. It's quite difficult to express it. So, what I feel that my country (did) so much harm, (to) so many people. I'm almost crying. So many people killed. And that people are fleeing, losing their homes, their families are destroyed. I just don't have appropriate words. So terrible.”
20. Mid of Ukrainian supporter waving large Ukrainian flag; giant EU flag in background
21. Wide of flags in front of Brandenburg Gate
STORYLINE:
German police said around 10,000 people joined a protest in Berlin on Friday against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Friday’s demonstration ended at the Brandenburg Gate, which was illuminated in the blue and yellow colors of the Ukrainian flag.

Protesters also stopped at a destroyed Russian tank, which was installed outside the Russian Embassy earlier in the day, to light candles and wave flags.

Belarusian demonstrator Artjom Merts said he attended the protest “to support Ukraine.”

“Europe knows that Ukraine protects the world as a democracy because we stand against Russian aggression,” he added.

Protesters in solidarity with Ukraine also brought flags of other European countries including Finland, Romania and the EU.

Some of the demonstrators were completely against weapons deliveries, which has been a controversial topic especially in Germany, but others said they saw no other option but to support Ukraine both with arms and financially.

Konstantine Senin, a protester originally from Russia, expressed his dismay at Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine.

"What I feel that my country (did) so much harm, (to) so many people. I'm almost crying," he said.

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