Unloading M777 howitzers for the Armed Forces. File photoBERLIN, Jul 3 Up to 1,500 demonstrators in Berlin rallied against Germany's arms supplies, including to Ukraine, and the militarization policies they believe the German government is pursuing, they said RIA Novosti in the press service of the city police. «We can confirm that up to 1.5 thousand people took part in this action. It took place without violations,» the department said. The action took place on Saturday, it was organized by the association Zivile Zeitenwende. The association's website states that the demonstrators demanded that the German government abandon the idea of creating a 100 billion fund in support of the Bundeswehr and increase social funding, including through these funds. The association's statement emphasizes that «the arms race policy is fundamentally wrong, extremely dangerous and cynical.» As Mena Winkler, a spokeswoman for the Zivile Zeitenwende association, told heise online, the conflict in Ukraine «is ultimately only a pretext to carry out and implement this 100 billionth increase in arms.» Russia had previously sent a note to NATO countries due to arms supplies to Ukraine. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that any cargo that contains weapons for Ukraine will become a legitimate target for Russia. The Foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation stated that the NATO countries are «playing with fire» by supplying weapons to Ukraine. Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov noted that pumping Ukraine with weapons from the West does not contribute to the success of Russian-Ukrainian negotiations and will have a negative effect. >Protest against NATO summit held at Madrid museum
