“One united conciliar Ukraine”: patriotic “March of Unity” took place in Kharkiv

The participants of the event chanted patriotic slogans and carried posters calling for an end to Russian aggression.

Kharkiv residents took to the “March of Unity” / photo Telegram / Konstantin Nemichev

On Saturday, February 5, the “March of Unity” was held in the center of Kharkov . Five thousand people joined him.

This is reported by Ukrinform and Suspilne .

The event started at 14:30 from Constitution Square. Kharkiv citizens walked ahead of the column with the main banner “Kharkov is Ukraine”. The marchers also held Ukrainian flags and red and black banners.

According to various estimates, more than 5,000 people took part in the march. The co-organizer of the event, Konstantin Nemichev, named the same number.

The marchers marched along the main Sumska Street to Svoboda Square, chanting patriotic slogans “One United Cathedral Ukraine”, “Glory, Glory!”, “Glory to Ukraine! Glory to the Heroes”. Kharkiv residents held posters with the inscription “Stop Russian aggression” in their hands.

Public order was provided by police officers, cynologists with dogs and public observers.

“This is a peaceful rally without political appeals, which the Kharkiv city council tried to ban, citing covid and the threat of probable provocations. It’s all the better that the court allowed it to be held, because this is the realization of people’s rights to demonstrate their position,” Nemichev said.

The march passed without clashes and ended with a rally near the volunteer tent “Everything for Victory” on Freedom Square.

As UNIAN reported, on January 21, in an interview with The Washington Post, President Volodymyr Zelensky did not rule out Russian occupation of Kharkiv .

“I will say realistically: if Russia decides to increase its aggravation, of course, they are going to do it in territories where historically there are people who have family ties with Russia. Kharkiv, which is under the control of the Ukrainian government, can be occupied. Russia needs a reason: they will say that they are protecting the Russian-speaking population.After the occupation and annexation of Crimea, we understand that this is feasible and can happen.But I don’t know what they are going to do, because these are big cities.It will not only be an occupation, it will be the beginning of a large-scale war,” Zelensky stressed.

(C)UNIAN 2022

4 comments

Mickey says:

February 5, 2022 at 4:41 pm

I find Zelensky’s words disturbing. Petro would never have said such things which could motivate the invaders to go in. Or did Zelensky already agree on a division of Ukraine between ukrainian- and russian speakers?

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- onlyfactsplease says:
  
  February 5, 2022 at 6:52 pm
  
  I agree. The clown’s choice of words are rather stupid.
  
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  - Mickey says:
    
    February 5, 2022 at 6:53 pm
    
    By what i know (intel) Putin wants the Crimea legalized or he will invade.
    
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onlyfactsplease says:

February 5, 2022 at 6:52 pm

Excellent! And, a real surprise are the red and black flags, which is associated more with western Ukraine.

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