‘#Ukrainian flag’ paint spilled on #Kensington road outside #Russian #Embassy as 4 arrested Four people have been arrested for criminal damage

A Central London street has been painted blue and yellow in the colours of the Ukrainian flag in an apparent protest outside the Russian embassy this morning (February 23). Pictures shared on social media show Bayswater Road, near Hyde Park in Kensington, awash in blue and yellow with police in attendance. Four people, three men and one woman, were arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and obstructing the highway, Met Police have confirmed. They were taken to a West London police station where they remain at this time. Police say they are looking into what happened. The protest was reportedly staged by campaign group ‘Led by Donkeys’, saying they did it to mark Friday’s first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. (…) Cars can be seen picking up the paint on their tyres and onlookers stopping to observe the protest near the Russian embassy. The paint reportedly spreads from Notting Hill Gate to Kensington Gardens. One Londoner wrote on Twitter: “Haha! It was so weird driving along going “all those tyres are yellow. That’s weird…” then realising I was heading towards the blue…”

via mylondon: ‘Ukrainian flag’ paint spilled on Kensington road outside Russian Embassy as 4 arrested Four people have been arrested for criminal damage