Greek activists have denounced the navy bloc and the federal government for dragging the nation into an “unjust imperialist struggle”
Activists in Greece have protested towards NATO support for Kiev and blocked a column of vehicles carrying weapons supposed for the Ukrainian military, Greek media reported this week. The protest was staged on Wednesday by members of the Communist Social gathering of Greece (KKE) and its youth department, KNE, within the city of Tyrnavos within the area of Thessaly.
In keeping with native media, a number of dozen activists blocked a freeway in Tyrnavos in an try and divert a column of six vehicles with plates from Ukraine, Poland, and Bulgaria. The automobiles have been mentioned to be carrying “missiles and different ammunition” from an area military base to Ukraine beneath bilateral agreements signed by Athens and Kiev.
Footage posted on-line reveals protesters waving banners and flags and shouting slogans denouncing NATO and its support to Ukraine. The demonstrators additionally criticized the Greek authorities for successfully dragging the nation right into a struggle with Russia.
“We denounce the federal government which, on behalf of home enterprise teams, is emptying Greek camps of ammunition, thus involving the nation in an unjust US-NATO-EU imperialist struggle,” KKE MEP Vasilis Metaxas mentioned throughout the demonstration.
The protesters additionally denounced the truth that the transportation of the damaging cargo was carried out in the midst of the day via a populated metropolis the place hundreds of individuals dwell. The vehicles have been finally compelled to cease and take a distinct highway. Slogans together with “NATO Killers Go Residence!” have been written on them by the activists because the automobiles retreated.
After the vehicles left, the protesters continued the demonstration with a march via the city, joined by native residents and the mayor of Tyrnavos, Stelios Tsikritsi.
“The individuals of Tyrnavos, with their preventing traditions, have despatched their anti-war messages many instances. We is not going to permit the cargo of loss of life to cross via the town, is not going to permit the nation to be additional drawn into the imperialist slaughterhouse,” Tsikritsi mentioned.
Greece, together with most of its EU friends, has sided with Kiev within the Russia-Ukraine battle and has been supplying ammunition and different weapons to Ukraine. Final month, Athens signed a safety settlement with Kiev, pledging to participate in coaching Ukrainian pilots and technical personnel for US-made F-16 fighter jets.
Russia has warned towards Western navy support for Kiev, saying the provides of weapons will solely serve to delay the battle.
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