View of the waterfront in Beirut BEIRUT, Apr 9The Russian diaspora lit the letter Z from candles on the central beach of Beirut and on the embankment of the country's southern capital, Tire. Compatriots and Lebanese thus expressed their support for the special operation of the Russian Federation to denazify Ukraine, RIA Novosti correspondent reports. On the central beach of the Lebanese capital, the protesters laid out the letter Z and the signature «for Russia» from lit candles. At the same time, they presented the Russian diaspora in the city of Tire, together with compatriots from the neighboring city of Nabatia in the south of the country, held a similar event simultaneously. The participants of the events decorated fiery installations with Russian and Lebanese flags. Russian Ambassador to Lebanon Alexander Rudakov and Acting Representative of Rossotrudnichestvo in Lebanon Ruslan spoke at the event in Beirut Ramazanov. The events that took place in different cities of Lebanon are not the first actions in support of Russia. Since the beginning of the special operation in Ukraine, dozens of events in support of the Russian Federation have taken place in different regions of the country, organized by both Russian compatriots and public organizations and political parties in Lebanon. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to abuse, genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» a mass action in support of Russia To do this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and, on March 25, completed the main tasks of the first stage — significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
