Ambassador Sergey Andreev arrived at the Soviet soldiers cemetery to lay flowers on Victory Day, which marks the defeat of Nazi Germany by the Allies.
WARSAW, Poland — Russia's ambassador to Poland was splattered with red paint thrown at him by protesters opposed to the, preventing him from paying respects on Monday at a Warsaw cemetery to Red Army soldiers who died during World War II.
The protesters carried Ukrainian flags and chanted “fascists” and “murderers" at him, while some were dressed in white sheets smeared with red, symbolizing the Ukrainian victims of Russia’s war. Other people in his entourage were also seen splattered with what appeared to be red paint. The Polish government faced criticism for not providing the ambassador with more security, allowing for an incident to occur that Russia could use to depict Poland as hostile to Moscow.Among the critics was a former interior minister, Bartlomiej Sienkiewicz, who said he couldn't understand why there wasn't more protection for the ambassador when for weeks “you could feel how May 9 could end in Warsaw.
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