The protest flaps in the wind and is blue and yellow. The flag of Ukraine. Since the Russian army invaded Ukraine, it has been the only flag to be hoisted in front of the German-Russian Museum in Berlin-Karlshorst – as a sign of solidarity with the Ukrainian people. “Actually, three other flags are raised here every morning in addition to the German one,” says museum director Jörg Morré. But the Russian flag and the Belarusian flag are no longer hoisted because the war that Russia has instigated represents a breach of international law.
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