Demonstrators descended on the Ramstein military installation in Germany, calling for an end to arms deliveries to Ukraine
\nSeveral hundred people gathered on Sunday outside Ramstein US airbase in southwestern Germany to demand an end to weapons shipments to Ukraine. The military site is where Western officials have regularly held meetings over the past year to coordinate their aid to Kiev.
\nThe demonstrators also called for a cessation of hostilities and peace talks between Ukraine and Russia.
\nThey chanted slogans and beat drums, with an assortment of banners seen during a live stream of the event on YouTube, including the Russian and Soviet flags.
\nThe placards called for the Americans to \u201cgo home,\u201d and also featured slogans including \u201cFreedom to Julian Assange\u201d and \u201cStop the weapons deliveries.\u201d
\nWhen the rally organizers notified the local authorities several days before the event, they said they expected it to kick off at midday and conclude around 5:30pm, with around 2,000 attending.
\nRamstein air base has repeatedly made headlines since Russia launched its military campaign against Ukraine a year ago. It\u2019s where the US-led Ukraine Defence Contact Group has held its meetings aimed at shoring up the Ukrainian military. The last such gathering took place on January 20.
\nOn Saturday, tens of thousands of demonstrators turned up in central Berlin for the \u2018Uprising for Peace\u2019 protest organized by prominent Left Party politician Sahra Wagenknecht and author Alice Schwarzer.
\nThey, too, denounced Western arms deliveries to Kiev and called for peace negotiations between the warring sides.
\nEarlier this month, approximately 10,000 people took to the streets of Munich for a similarly themed rally just outside of the Bayerische Hof Hotel, where world leaders convened for the Munich Security Conference. Further military support for Ukraine was among the topics high on their agenda.
\nAmong the speakers addressing the crowd was former Christian Democratic MP Juergen Todenhoefer, who argued that \u201cwe have to serve peace and not the Americans.\u201d
\nMuch like the latest event outside Ramstein air base on Sunday, the demonstrators in Munich also called for American troops to leave Germany.<\/p>\n
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