The ambassador had been advised not to lay flowers at the Soviet Military Cemetery.
The war in Ukraine has cast a shadow over this year’s Victory Day, when Moscow honors the 27 million Soviet citizens who lost their lives in World War Two. Poland, a strong supporter of Ukraine in its resistance to Russia’s invasion, opposed any large-scale commemoration taking place.
Video footage posted on Twitter showed the protesters, some with Ukrainian flags, surrounding the Russian delegation and chanting “fascists” before Ambassador Sergey Andreev was doused in the red substance. “We will make a formal protest,” he said. “When they recommended that we not hold a larger event, we met them halfway, we didn’t aggravate the situation.”
The Russian foreign ministry said in a statement: “A strong protest was expressed to the Polish authorities for practically conniving with neo-Nazi thugs.”
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