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Activists paint a giant Ukrainian flag outside the Russian Embassy in London

The demonstration marks a year since the full-scale war on Ukraine.
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A cyclist passes over a giant Ukrainian flag painted over the Russian Embassy in London. Caption reads: Colored Activism
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The road of the Russian Embassy in London was painted with the colors of the Ukrainian flag on Thursday. Marking the eve of the one-year anniversary since Russia’s full-scale war on Ukraine, Led By Donkeys, originally an anti-Brexit art and activist group, poured hundreds of liters of blue and yellow paint on Bayswater Road to remind Russian president Vladimir Putin that Ukraine is “‘an independent state  and a people with every right to self-determination.(opens in a new tab)” Since then, a section of Bayswater Road has been renamed to Kyiv Road(opens in a new tab).

Feb. 24 marks a year since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which has displaced over 13 million people(opens in a new tab) and caused over 18,000 civilian casualties.(opens in a new tab)

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