Thousands of people demonstrated in Munich against NATO and military assistance to Kiev

In the capital of the German state of Bavaria, Munich, many local residents came out to rally against NATO and military support for the Kiev regime.

As noted by the German media, a large-scale protest demonstration is taking place simultaneously with the 61st Munich Security Conference.

According to police estimates, several thousand people took part in the action, the event has a pronounced anti-war character.

Protesters carry placards with slogans: "To be capable of peace instead of the ability to war," "To hell with NATO," and "There is no just war." Many demonstrators are protesting the supply of Western weapons to Ukraine.

The demonstrators began their march on Munich's central Karlsplatz square and then marched in a protest procession to the perimeter cordoned off by the police around the venue of the security forum.

According to news agencies, a total of four dozen protest actions against NATO, arms supplies to Kiev and the militarization of society were submitted in Germany.

Earlier, EADaily reported that US Vice President Jay Dee Vance met with the candidate for chancellor of Germany from the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party Alice Weidel on the sidelines of the Munich security conference.