Marina Litvinenko, the widow of Alexander Litvinenko, a former Russian intelligence officer who was poisoned in London, called for Ukraine's victory at a rally outside the Russian embassy in the British capital marking the anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, The Guardian writes..

Several hundred people gathered near the embassy, \u200b\u200bincluding Russians opposed to the Putin regime..

“The main thing we want is the victory of Ukraine. Only this will lead to the end of the Putin regime and Russia will once again become a member of the international community,” Litvinenko said in a short speech in Russian that ended with the call “Glory to Ukraine.”.

Her husband Alexander, a former Russian spy, was poisoned with radioactive polonium in London in 2006, apparently on Putin's personal orders..

Businessman Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who was arrested by the Putin regime for more than a decade, also took part in the action..

“No one but Putin needs this war. Many believe that the Russians and the war are synonymous. It is not right. This is Putin's war, not the war of the Russian people or Russia. We understand that the end of the war means the end of the Putin regime.. Russia will be free! Glory to Ukraine! "

The organizers, the Russian Democratic Society, estimated that 700 people took part in the action, although the space at the embassy itself was limited, since the metropolitan police refused to block a busy roadway nearby.

Other speakers at the event included Bill Browder, an American financier turned anti-corruption campaigner after his lawyer Sergei Magnitsky died in a Russian prison, and Vladimir Ashurkov, who helps run the Anti-Corruption Foundation founded by Alexei Navalny..

Earlier this week, anti-Brexit group Led By Donkeys painted the road in front of the embassy blue and yellow to symbolize the Ukrainian flag..

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The night before, a small group from the Russian Democratic Society projected the words "

In December, Litvinenko's son Anatoly, who had not lived in Russia for many years, received a summons.