It’s the horrific moment when a Russian truck of detainees is hit by a car and crashes into a lamppost with 27 anti-war demonstrators trapped inside.
A large police van was speeding towards a detention center in Moscow when the driver was hit by a car, sending him towards a street lamp with protesters stuck inside.
Prior to the incident, CCTV footage shows another motorist clipping a police van at an intersection, causing the cars to crash.
But to avoid further damage, the driver swerves onto the sidewalk at speed and crashes into a lamp post, causing the car to roll over onto its side.
In a separate video taken from the car after the incident, the van is seen surrounded by Russian police officers as shocked bystanders take pictures of the accident.
Three detainees required urgent medical attention, ten people were injured, including three police officers.
It’s the horrifying moment when a Russian detainee truck crashed into a lamp post and flipped over on its side, with 27 anti-war demonstrators locked inside.
A large police van was speeding towards the detention center when the driver crashed into a street lamp at speed, throwing the van on its side and blowing off the roof.
In a separate video taken from the car after the incident, the van is seen surrounded by Russian police officers as shocked bystanders take pictures of the accident. Three detainees required urgent medical attention, ten people were injured, including three policemen.
It comes as more than 3,500 people were detained at protests across Russia on Sunday for daring to speak out against Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, including 1,700 in Moscow, 750 in St. Petersburg and 1,061 people in other cities.
It comes as more than 3,500 people were detained at protests across Russia on Sunday for daring to speak out against Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, including 1,700 in Moscow, 750 in St. Petersburg and 1,061 in other cities.
The interior ministry said 5,200 people took part in the protests.
The OVD-Info protest monitoring group said it had documented the detention of at least 4,366 people in 56 different cities.
Protests took place all over Russia, despite the huge presence of law enforcement agencies and the threat of mass arrests of participants.
“We must oppose this war,” said the 60-year-old grandmother, protesting in Moscow.
“I won’t shut up – Putin doesn’t represent me in this genocide in Ukraine,” the 36-year-old IT manager said.
ST. PETERSBURG: Two protesters detained by riot police after participating in a demonstration against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
MOSCOW: Four police officers carry a masked protester against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
MOSCOW: A woman screams as two policemen detain her for participating in an anti-war protest in Moscow on Sunday afternoon.
In Vladimir Putin’s hometown, there were reports of pre-trial detention centers being overcrowded. The detained protesters were kept in cells in the Leningrad region outside the city.
“The screws are being tightened completely – in fact, we are witnessing military censorship,” said Maria Kuznetsova from the OVD-Info protest monitoring group.
“Today we are seeing quite large protests, even in Siberian cities, where we have rarely seen such a number of arrests.”
Thousands of protesters chanted “No to war!” and “Shame on you!”, according to videos posted on social media by opposition activists and bloggers.
The detention of dozens of protesters in the Ural city of Yekaterinburg is shown.
One protester was shown being beaten on the ground by police in riot gear. A fresco depicting President Vladimir Putin was damaged in the city.
YEKATERINBURG: A man was detained during an anti-war protest in Yekaterinburg, Russia, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
MOSCOW: Armed officers detain a man, one of more than 10,000 Russians arrested after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
MOSCOW: Russian police officers patrol the streets of Moscow ahead of a planned demonstration against the invasion of Ukraine
Memorial, Russia’s best-known human rights organization, said one of its leading activists, Oleg Orlov, was detained on Manezhnaya Square in Moscow while holding a banner.
“The nuts are being tightened completely – in fact, we are witnessing military censorship,” OVD-Info spokeswoman Maria Kuznetsova said by phone from Tbilisi.
“Today we are seeing quite large protests, even in Siberian cities where we have rarely seen so many arrests.”