MOSCOW, 19 Mar. It is necessary to stop pumping weapons to Ukraine in order to resolve the conflict, Italian MEP Francesca Donato wrote on Twitter. is a demand gaining popularity after a year of pro-war European and NATO policies in Ukraine, which is not supported by the general population,” she commented on the demand of French protesters to withdraw from NATO.
In her opinion, the Europeans see an end to the conflict in Ukraine in «stopping the supply of weapons to Zelensky».
On Saturday, an action called «March for Peace» was held in Paris. The protesters opposed the sending of weapons to Kyiv and for the withdrawal of France from the North Atlantic Alliance. Thousands of French people took to the streets, chanting «Quickly leave NATO!», «Macron, we don't want your war», «Macron to retire, for a vote of no confidence!», «Frexit!», «Ursula, we don't want you» .
The posters of the protesters said: «Stop the war provoked by the US and NATO», «Freedom, truth, resistance», «Vote of no confidence — peace in France».
This is already the third » March for Peace» organized by the «Patriots» party. The previous two took place in February.
Against the backdrop of a Russian special operation in Ukraine, the US and its NATO allies are supporting Kyiv by sending weapons to it. The programs cost tens of billions of dollars. Moscow, for its part, has repeatedly stated that such supplies only prolong the conflict, and vehicles with military equipment become a legitimate target for the Russian army.