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(ANSA) - ROME, MARCH 06 - The statue of David in Piazza dellaSignoria in Florence was covered with a black cloth as a sign of mourning for the war.
On the black cloth placed this morning, the mayor of Florence together with some representatives of the Ukrainian community displayed the yellow and blue flag and some ribbons of the same colors.
"Today we want to remember Michelangelo on the day of his birth, March 6 - said Nardella -, with this gesture which is a gesture of mourning and pain. It is a very strong gesture of mourning to remember the thousands and thousands of victims who in these ten days They have already been counted. Civilian victims in Kiev and in all other Ukrainian cities but also military ones. We also want to remember the Russian militaries, the young Russian soldiers sent by Putin and his government to die in a mad war,
unjust and incomprehensible therefore for Florence this is a day of mourning and pain for all the dead ". The mayor thanked his friends of the Ukrainian community and also two young Russians present for" carrying out this gesture with us "." Michelangelo's David is the symbol of freedom.
It is the David who fights against Goliath, it is the Ukrainian people who fight for freedom - he continued -.
We are close to the Ukrainians because for us they are Michelangelo's David, they are the David who fights against the tyranny of Goliath.
I think this is a very strong symbol, from Florence we want to send this great signal, this great message, first of all of pain and deep sadness and mourning for the dead of this crazy, unjust war in the heart of Europe ".
The mayor also invited the Florentines "to bring flowers against the war".
"At first I thought that being far away I couldn't do anything but then I realized it wasn't like that", explained Cristina, who has been living in Italy for 10 years, "We are Russians and we are against war. It's terrible", underlined Ivan. 25 years old.
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