Employees take down the Ukrainian flag from the flagpole in front of the building of the Ukraine's consulate in St. Petersburg, Russia. After Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a military operation in Ukraine following recognition of independence of breakaway Donbas republics, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced the decision of severing his country's diplomatic relations with Moscow.
- Categories: Politics, Social Issues, Human Interest
- Location: St. Petersburg, Russia
- Event date: 02.03.2022
- Date published: 02.03.2022
- Author: Alexander Galperin
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 3947x2606px, 7.8Mb
- Job-ID: 5987b4fead7ec164