How tensions over the Ukraine war are flaring up in Germany
To the casual observer, the source of their anger was obvious.
Approaching Berlin's iconic Brandenburg Gate, the Ukrainians, festooned in yellow-and-blue, chanted "Gas embargo now" and "Russia is a terrorist state".
Marching to mark 31 years since Ukraine became independent from the Soviet Union, they wanted to remind their German hosts that Ukraine is still a war zone and that high gas prices are a small price to pay compared to Ukrainian lives.
Yet for some, below the surface, another frustration is bubbling away: the difficulty of living in Germany amid the war back home.
Activists say since the invasion in February, there had been an increase in the harassment of Ukrainian activists and supporters.
Veronika is out in Berlin shouting through a megaphone to direct Ukrainian activists. Since February, she says she's reported three Russians to the police for violence on the metro and at Alexanderplatz after they saw her Ukrainian-coloured wristband.
“They want to provoke," she said, speaking of the Russians she's encountered since the war. "They’re aggressive. We don’t want conflict, we’ve had enough of it already."
Wearing a sunflower headdress, Valerya, 20, is fed up with life in Germany. She came when the war started, but wants to go home as soon as possible.
“There are a lot of Russian people here and they're very aggressive. They told me they want to kill me and my people” she told Euronews.
Anastasiia Lavrova was just visiting Berlin for a few days in May and said she was targeted in the metro. A man next to her leapt up and rudely shook his hands at her, staring aggressively and then screamed “bitch” in Russian.
“First second I was shocked and couldn’t understand what happened but after a while, I realised that on the
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