Road exterior Russian Embassy in London painted in Ukraine flag colors

Four individuals, three males and one feminine, have been arrested on suspicion of prison injury and obstructing the freeway. They stay in custody,” the Metropolitan Police said in a statement on Thursday.

London,UPDATED: Feb 24, 2023 04:02 IST

The road outside the Russian Embassy in London was painted yellow and blue in the colours of the Ukrainian flag on Thursday morning (Photo: Reuters)

By Press Trust of India: The road outside the Russian Embassy in London was painted yellow and blue in the colours of the Ukrainian flag on Thursday morning, in a show of solidarity with Ukraine in the ongoing conflict.

Led By Donkeys, an art activism group, shared their painting expedition in the Kensington Palace Gardens area of central London on social media before four arrests were made by Scotland Yard on suspicion of criminal damage and road obstruction. It comes a year on from the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, which began on February 24 last year.

“Tomorrow is the primary anniversary of (Russian President Vladimir) Putin’s imperialist invasion of Ukraine, an unbiased state and a individuals with each proper to self-determination. The existence of a large Ukrainian flag exterior his embassy in London will serve to remind him of that,” Led By Donkeys said on Twitter with images of their paint action.

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The group, which began in 2018 as an anti-Brexit group, said it had poured 170 litres of yellow paint on the eastbound carriageway and a similar amount of blue paint on the westbound side, with passing traffic then spreading the colours along the road. “At 08:45 (native time) right this moment officers attended Kensington Palace Gardens, the place the paint had been thrown on the freeway.

Four individuals, three males and one feminine, have been arrested on suspicion of prison injury and obstructing the freeway. They stay in custody,” the Metropolitan Police stated in a press release on Thursday. The Russian Embassy in London is situated close to the official residence of the Indian High Commissioner to the UK.

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Feb 24, 2023