Event in support of civil resistance movement in Ukraine takes place in European Parliament building
An event to support the Yellow Ribbon civilian resistance movement in Ukraine took place in the European Parliament building in Brussels on Tuesday, 28 March.
Source: European Pravda, citing event organisers
Details: As part of the event, members of the European Parliament could use spray paint to draw a yellow ribbon on a large banner.
The event was inaugurated by Vsevolod Chentsov, Ukraine’s representative in the European Parliament, Petras Auštrevičius, Member of the European Parliament from Lithuania who organised the event, and Anna Fotyga, Member of the European Parliament from Poland.
Pleased to participate in the @yellowribbonENG event, organized by @petras_petras at @hub_ukrainian and to support civil resistance movement. 🇺🇦 activists on occupied territories should feel our support. #BeBraveLikeUkraine pic.twitter.com/BCojsdXVgW
— Vsevolod Chentsov (@VVChentsov) March 28, 2023
MEPs from Bulgaria, Belgium, Greece, Estonia, Denmark, Latvia, Lithuania, Germany, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden, Czech Republic, France and other countries all painted yellow ribbons on the banner.
.@yellowribbonUA @yellowribbonENG activists secretly paint 🎗 #yellowribbon at occupied territories. Today #MEPs were able to try it by themselves in Brussels 👇 @EPPGroup @grupaepl pic.twitter.com/idDUQuAqQs
— Radosław Sikorski MEP 🇵🇱🇪🇺 (@sikorskiradek) March 28, 2023
Background: The Yellow Ribbon civil resistance movement emerged in the spring of 2022 in the southern city of Kherson, soon after the city was occupied by Russian forces. The movement quickly spread across other Russian-occupied territories: the cities of Berdiansk, Enerhodar and Nova Kakhovka, as well as Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts and Crimea.
Yellow Ribbon activists put up pro-Ukrianian posters and create pro-Ukrainian graffiti on the streets of their cities, and tie yellow ribbons – a symbol of resistance to the Russian occupation – to fences, trees, and even the buildings that house Russian occupation administrations.
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