01:47Netherlands: Destroyed Russian tank placed on display in Amsterdam’s Leidseplein Square
Locals in Amsterdam were seen placing flowers on a destroyed Russian tank on Leidseplein Square on Thursday.
Footage also shows Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema amid a crowd of people near the fighting vehicle, engaged in a verbal row with what appears to be a spectator.
The 44-tonne T-72B, which had previously been on display in Berlin and Groesbeek, was placed in the Dutch capital as an exhibition in the Forum on European Culture, a festival focussing 'on the meaning and future of democracy'.
According to event organisers, the wrecked Russian tank represents the 'fragility and resilience of democracy in Europe'.
Forum on European Culture organisers also claim the tank was destroyed by Ukrainian forces in the village of Dmytrivka, near Bucha in the Kiev region.
The T-72B tank will reportedly remain on Leidseplein Square until June 4.
01:47Locals in Amsterdam were seen placing flowers on a destroyed Russian tank on Leidseplein Square on Thursday.
Footage also shows Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema amid a crowd of people near the fighting vehicle, engaged in a verbal row with what appears to be a spectator.
The 44-tonne T-72B, which had previously been on display in Berlin and Groesbeek, was placed in the Dutch capital as an exhibition in the Forum on European Culture, a festival focussing 'on the meaning and future of democracy'.
According to event organisers, the wrecked Russian tank represents the 'fragility and resilience of democracy in Europe'.
Forum on European Culture organisers also claim the tank was destroyed by Ukrainian forces in the village of Dmytrivka, near Bucha in the Kiev region.
The T-72B tank will reportedly remain on Leidseplein Square until June 4.