Hundreds gather for fourth day of demonstrations against Russian invasion of Ukraine

Hundreds of people have taken to Plaça Catalunya for the fourth consecutive day of demonstrations against the Russian invasion of Ukraine. 

Saturday saw the largest protest since the troops of Russian president Vladimir Putin entered Ukraine, with some 700 people gathering to denounce the violence and disregard for Ukraine’s soveriegnity.

📽 | Hundreds of Ukrainian demonstrators are in Plaça Catalunya protesting for the fourth consecutive day against Russia’s invasion of their country. Some people are delivering speeches in various different languages

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— Catalan News (@catalannews) February 27, 2022

📽 | The huge crowd of Ukrainian demonstrators sing their national anthem in Barcelona on the fourth day of protests against Putin’s invasion of their country

📖 | More: https://t.co/LRngSGwBaT pic.twitter.com/8OaID9sePd

— Catalan News (@catalannews) February 27, 2022

Overnight, some people even camped out in Plaça Catalunya square and have started a hunger strike as well, emulating the Maidan revolution seen in Ukraine in 2014. 

Protests first began outside the Russian consulate on Thursday morning, just hours after Putin’s forces first began their invasion. 

Later demonstrations took place in the city center and in both locations again on Friday.