Christopher Ford, secretary of the Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, said: “The millions who have stood by Ukraine are appalled at the conduct of Trump and threat of betrayal, promises made to do whatever it takes to help Ukraine win have collapsed without any explanation.
Mariia Pastukh, of Vsesvit Ukraine solidarity collective, said the location of the rally near the Russian embassy was to draw attention to “Russia’s imperialist ambitions, which fuelled its brutal and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine”.
She said: “We call for Russia to withdraw its troops from all of Ukraine, for Trump to end his backroom power games and for the UK to strengthen its leadership in safeguarding Ukraine’s sovereignty and Europe’s security.”.
In a joint statement, the organisers of Saturday’s march said Ukraine has been made vulnerable by not being provided with enough aid to defeat Russia and is being “expected to consign its own citizens to occupation under a deal imposed by Trump”.
A coalition of Ukrainian community and UK-based labour organisations attended the rally on Saturday calling for Russia’s troops to withdraw, ahead of the third anniversary of Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
