Video footage emerged Wednesday of a man throwing a live Molotov cocktail at a wall around the Kremlin.
The viral video captured the unknown man gesturing, seemingly out of anger, at the burning section of brick just after his throw. As the man chose Ukrainian citizens’ homemade weapon of choice, his action seems to have been a protest of the war in Ukraine. At the time, he was standing outside the walls in the heart of Moscow.
⚡️In the center of #Moscow, an unknown person threw a Molotov cocktail at the #Kremlin wall. pic.twitter.com/SGZWKmMhsr
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) March 23, 2022
This isn’t the first time the homemade petrol bomb has been used in the conflict, but it is among the first violent acts directed at Russia’s seat of government within the country during the invasion.
Over 900 Russians were arrested in Moscow alone for protesting. More than 3,000 Russian protesters have been arrested to date.
RUSSIAN COLONEL REPORTEDLY KILLED IN UKRAINE, ADDS TO GROWING LIST OF PUTIN LOSSES
Some of the Moscow arrests reportedly took place at a makeshift memorial at the site where Boris Nemtsov was shot near the Kremlin. Nemtsov was a fierce critic of Putin who argued against Russia’s takeover of Crimea in 2014 and was killed a year later.
On Wednesday, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine tweeted a cartoon of a person throwing a Molotov cocktail. The tweet reminded Ukrainians of the 300 wildfires blazing across the country and discouraged garbage-burning.
“Burn the enemy, not dry grass!” the tweet read.
Зараз за добу в Україні трапляється більше 300 пожеж в екосистемах.
❗️Нагадуємо: категорично забороняється спалювати сміття, розводити багаття поблизу лісових насаджень, сухої рослинності та залишати недопалки чи сірники на трав’янистій підстилці. Паліть ворога, а не суху траву! pic.twitter.com/2n8TepDKOb
— DSNS.GOV.UA (@SESU_UA) March 23, 2022
A similar message appeared on billboards in Ukraine, according to reports. It diagrammed appropriate targets for petrol bomb-throwers.
Target your Molotov cocktail correctly: an NGO placed outdoor instructions on targeting Russian military vehicles in 20 locations across the city of Sumy, Northern Ukraine.
Source: https://t.co/DOVDOD6lsa, pictures by Maksym Hromov pic.twitter.com/AkDnk0Odta
— Kyrylo Loukerenko (@K_Loukerenko) March 21, 2022
Russians have been encouraged by public figures to continue protesting. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told Russians who weren’t “afraid to protest,” “You must fight. You must not lose your chance.”
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER
“Go out onto the main square of your city every weekday at 19.00 and at 14.00 at weekends and on holidays,” Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said in a statement from prison.
