[Leica] IMGs x 5: Protests at "Special Military Operation" in Ukraine

[Douglas Barry]

I went over to my youngest son with food supplies as he has gone down 
heavily with the current plague, delivered them, and then coming back 
decided to drive past the Russian Embassy in Rathgar, Dublin. All the 
neighbouring houses had Ukrainian flags and banners flying from them.

There were a small group of protestors across the road from the well 
protected gate, and they were quiet and restrained, but became jovial 
when they saw my camera. The paint daubed gate was guarded by a Garda 
patrol car with two Gardaí in it, as it has been rammed before. There 
was a large back up Garda command and control van behind a wall to the 
rear of the protestors.

While I was there, a female Garda, taking instructions, got out of the 
patrol car and moved closer to the gate. The protestors tensed 
themselves and became more serious. Then the Garda swiftly opened the 
barricade as an anonymous black Mercedes swept up quickly and headed 
inside to a strident chorus of the loudest and finest accusatory foul 
language and gestures that I have heard and seen for some time.

As the car vanished into the vipers' nest, the protestors subsided, and 
I waved goodbye and headed back to my parked car. Close to it, there was 
another car, quite obviously owned by one of the protestors.

Protestors outside the barbarians' embassy
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/RE+Rathgar+10_04_22+1.jpg.html

A car approaches the embassy past the flags of Ukraine on neighbouring 
houses
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/RE+Rathgar+10_04_22+2.jpg.html

Garda patrol car blocks the embassy gate
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/RE+Rathgar+10_04_22+3.jpg.html

Barbarian child murdering nation's officials sweep up in Mercedes to 
opened barricade
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/RE+Rathgar+10_04_22+4.jpg.html

I guess it must be a car belonging to one of the protestors :-)
http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/RE+Rathgar+10_04_22+5.jpg.html

All shots taken with my Sony A7II with the Sony kit zoom 28-70 at too 
low a speed. I hadn't checked my settings: my bad....

Douglas