The manifestation organized in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Saturday in Paris, brought together thousands of people, come to show their support against “the Putin War” and ask France “to do more “.
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“Putin Assassin”, “Support for Ukraine”, “No to the war” … it is a drop-in, Saturday, March 5, that the place of the Republic, in Paris, is adorned with blue and yellow. The colors of the Ukrainian flag are also those of the ribbon that Mariana podolets cars conscientiously to the jacket of his mother Irma, on the heart side. The young woman was born thirty-four years ago near the Polish border, 60 kilometers from Lviv – “where they moved the French embassy”. Nearly 16,000 people – according to the prefecture of Paris – came, as she, manifest against “the Putin War” in the French capital. Far from the human tides of other European capitals.
“It does not matter if there are a lot of people or not, the important thing is that there are people who dare to say no to this war everywhere”, insists Marianna podolets. His nursing mother acquiesces: “We must be agreed. On the ground, we manage there, but we need help, side sky. They must stop bombing on civilians.” SA Mother evokes her loved ones stuck there, and her husband who makes trips with his van to bring humanitarian aid from France to Ukraine for several days. What she expects from the event? “To feel support, simply.”
From support, it is precisely what Vanessa Rousseau, professor of letters, came to testify by coming to scroll. She holds a sunflower, a little shot. “Like the Ukrainian people,” she says, calling to walk on “the USSR embassy”. It’s not a lapse for her: “What Putin wants is the return to the USSR.” She’s sorry from the ride taken by the gathering, too “soft” to his taste.
“It will not change anything, but, at least, we are here”
Same disappointment for Christine and her husband Pierre, from Soissons (Aisne) because there was no organized event at home. Christine looks at the crowd by regretting that there is “not enough people”. She evokes the images of Berlin or Cologne where several hundred thousand people have manifested in recent days. In total, in France, some 40,000 people parade, Saturday, according to the Ministry of the Interior.
Pierre, Christine’s husband, agitates his sign and is antimilitarist. “What else is saying more? Is an intervention of NATO desirable? Putin does not care about the rational arguments that it is opposed to it. It is a mental patient, which imposes his agenda.” Apart from “support the Ukrainian people” , to be “wholeheartedly with them”, what more do you do? “The nuclear risk scares us”, concludes the couple.
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