TIRANA (Reuters) – Albania will rename a street in its capital Tirana the place the Russian and Ukrainian embassies are situated as Free Ukraine to honour Ukraine’s resistance to struggle, the mayor mentioned on Sunday.
Since Russia invaded Ukraine, NATO member Albania has joined different European international locations in introducing financial sanctions and banning Russian plane from its air area.
“Our technology might be marked by this bloody Russian aggression, and the heroic resistance of Ukraine needs to be remembered in our public locations,” Tirana Mayor Erion Veliaj instructed Reuters.
The street was beforehand named after Donika Kastrioti, who was the spouse of Albania’s nationwide hero Skanderbeg. The embassies of Serbia and Kosovo are additionally situated on the street.
Mayor Veliaj mentioned the brand new title could be a reminder for the Russian embassy workers. “The Russians should work, stay and get their mail on a Free Ukraine street tackle.”
Russia calls its actions in Ukraine a “special operation” that it says is just not designed to occupy territory however to destroy its southern neighbour’s navy capabilities and seize what it regards as harmful nationalists.
(Reporting by Fatos Bytyci and Florion Goga; Editing by Daria Sito-Sucic and Jane Merriman)
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