Piazza della Signoria in Florence crowded to ask for peace in Ukraine and say no to war.
Many flags of peace, together with those of Ukraine and also of Georgia.
Representatives of the Lithuanian community, as well as trade unions and institutions also took to the streets.
Present was the mayor of Florence Dario Nardella, who spoke from the arengario of Palazzo Vecchio together with the mayor of Athens Kostas Bakogiannis, the president of the Tuscany Region Eugenio Giani, the archbishop of Florence Giuseppe Betori and the chief rabbi Gadi Piperno.
The representative of the Ukrainian consulate in Florence, Oxana Polattaitchouk, took the floor and thanked Italy.
"Our cities are being razed to the ground, even children are dying. Thank you for your support, you are an extraordinary people, an example of civilization and democracy. We are collecting food, medicines and money to send to Ukraine.
We have also received words of support from rissi friends, they too need to live in a civilized country and we ask for freedom for them too. "" Courage - said Mayor Nardella - the fight for democracy and freedom must always be carried up to and fund and we ask that an all-out peace negotiation be opened immediately ".