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Added on the 23/02/2023 17:08:05 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
The Damascus Opera House lights up with colours of the Russian flag on "flag day", an annual Russian holiday celebrating Russia's tricolour flag, restored following the Soviet collapse in 1991 and marked on August 22. Russia's military intervention in 2015 helped turn the war in President Bashar al-Assad's favour. Moscow remains a key regime ally and maintains military bases in Syria. IMAGES
Images show the Ukrainian flag being projected onto EU buildings in Brussels to mark the one year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. IMAGES
On the occasion of Ukraine's independence day, and in the context of war, the colours of the Ukrainian flag are projected on the façade of the European Parliament in Brussels. IMAGES
A man digs a trench in the middle of a main road in Ukraine's capital Kyiv, as Russia's invasion of the country enters its third day. IMAGES
Kyiv (Ukraine), Aug 23 (EFE / EPA).- (Camera: Sergey Dolzhenko) Several Ukrainian activists installed 150 flags on Monday in front of the Russian embassy in Kyiv, in memory of the 15,000 people estimated to have been killed in the conflict in eastern Ukraine and on the occasion of the celebration of the national flag day. FOOTAGE OF THE PROTEST IN KYIV, UKRAINE.