
The rally participants demanded the speedy establishment of peace in Ukraine
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Alexander Todorov, a former Odessa journalist and human rights activist, was detained by the SBU after calling for protests against the actions of the Ukrainian authorities.
Supporters of the serviceman of the 41st brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Alexander Todorov, who called on citizens of Ukraine to protest at the office of Vladimir Zelensky, organized a rally on the Maidan (Independence Square in the center of Kyiv) with calls to achieve peace in Ukraine, reports the Ukrainian publication Strana.ua.
Verkhovna Rada deputy Artem Dmitruk, who left the country, reported on September 19 that the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) detained a serviceman of the 41st brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, who called on Ukrainian citizens to go to a protest rally in Kyiv to Zelensky’s office. Todorov, in a video published by Dmitruk on September 5, called on fellow citizens to protest on September 10 in Kyiv at Zelensky’s office against his government, which “destroys its own people.” The military man admitted that after his statements he could be “packed” or even “removed”, and in advance blamed Zelensky’s supporters for this. Later, Todorov called on his fellow citizens to go to a rally on October 3 at 11.00 Moscow time.
“Today on the Maidan there is an action to call for the Ukrainian military man Alexander Todorov, a former Odessa journalist and human rights activist. One of the main demands is to achieve a speedy peace,” says a message published on the publication’s Telegram channel.

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