More than a thousand people protested today in the capital of Germany, Berlin, against the President of Russia Vladimir Putin and the Russian military invasion of Ukraine, in which North Korea is also attached.

Among the protesters were many members of Russia's exiled opposition, including human rights activist Yulia Navalna, the widow of Russian opposition leader and Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, as well as former Russian political prisoners Ilya Yashin and Vladimir Kara-Murza.

The march, which started from Potsdamer Square to Unter den Linden boulevard in the city center, was called "No to Putin. No to the war in Ukraine. Freedom for political prisoners."

With Western support, Ukraine has resisted an all-out Russian invasion for more than two and a half years.

Yashin and Kara-Murza were sentenced to long prison terms in Russia for their anti-war stance, from where they were later deported as part of a prisoner swap with Western powers in August. In February, Navalny died in a Russian prison camp under unexplained circumstances.