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

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ric



> On Apr 10, 2022, at 8:35 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 Garda? 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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