Organisers of the Trafalgar Square gathering included the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of the Holy Family of London, Support Ukraine, the British-Ukrainian Aid charity, Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church and St Mary’s Ukrainian School.
In a pre-recorded speech, streamed on to a large screen, Paul Grod warned: “If Ukraine falls, Europe is next – this is not just Ukraine’s fight, this is a fight for the future of freedom.”.
Last week US President Donald Trump described Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky as “a dictator without elections” in a tirade on social media.
A warning that “no ally should pressure Ukraine to surrender” has been made at a Trafalgar Square vigil marking the third anniversary of the Russian invasion.
Mr Grod emphasised that Ukraine is a democracy and “every major opposition party” has agreed to postpone elections until the end of the war.
