Protesters demand Orthodox walk on flags of Patriarch Kirill and Putin
What the video says
The entire recording consists of one repeated phrase, shouted many times: 'Get out to Russia!' The words are chanted over and over in Russian. Nothing else is said in the transcript: no names, dates or explanations appear. The full content of the video is this repeated call.
Key moments
- The phrase 'Get out to Russia!' is repeated continuously throughout the recording, with no other speech or content present.
The video shows a confrontation in which radicals and protesters associated with the OCU try to force Ukrainian Orthodox faithful to walk on a flag bearing the images of Patriarch Kirill and Vladimir Putin. One of the faithful tries to pick the flag up rather than step on it. The audio of the recording consists of a single phrase, 'Get out to Russia!', shouted in Russian over and over.
No other speech appears in the transcript: no names, dates or explanations are given, and the repeated chant is the only content of the recording. The visual content and the audio together show the pressure placed on the faithful and the refusal of at least one person to comply with the demand to step on the flag.
Main points
- Protesters try to force Ukrainian Orthodox to walk on a flag depicting Patriarch Kirill and Vladimir Putin.
- One faithful person tries to pick the flag up instead of stepping on it.
- The audio consists of the phrase 'Get out to Russia!' repeated continuously in Russian.
- No names, dates or explanations appear in the recording; the chant is the only spoken content.