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

[Don Dory]

The Irish have endured a fair bit of invading as well.

On Sun, Apr 10, 2022, 7:54 PM Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:

> 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
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