“It’s all about an imperialistic desire to renew the Soviet Union and we don’t want to go there”
As Russian forces continued to advance in Ukraine, hundreds of Ukrainians living in the Bay Area and their supporters gathered Thursday evening outside San Francisco City Hall to denounce the invasion and what some said they feared could become a full-scale war in Europe.
Dennis Otoshi, center, waves a Ukrainian flag while protesting the Russian invasion of Ukraine outside of San Francisco City Hall in San Francisco, Calif., on Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. Bay Area residents protest the Russian invasion of Ukraine outside in Civic Center Plaza in San Francisco, Calif., on Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022.
At Thursday’s demonstration, Ukrainians were joined by other Bay Area residents from a variety of post-Soviet republics, including Georgia, Armenia and Kazakhstan. Former residents of Russia and Belarus, which faced sanctions Thursday for allowing Russian armed forces to use its territory during the invasion, also joined the rally in support of Ukraine.
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