Activists Project Ukrainian Flag Onto Russian Embassy Building in DC

Protesters projected an image of the Ukrainian flag onto the facade of the Russian embassy in Washington, DC, on Wednesday night, April 13.

This video filmed by Joseph Landavaso shows an image of the flag created with theater stage lights being moved onto the facade of the building, on which another Ukrainian flag has already been projected.

A white spotlight appears on top of one of the flags, which the Washington Post suggested was beamed onto the building by Russian officials in an attempt to counter the pro-Ukrainian message. Credit: Joseph Landavaso via Storyful

Video transcript

- [INAUDIBLE] I saw you on Twitter.

- They're trying to drown you out. They're trying to drown you out. You see that? They're trying to drown you out. That's got to be-- they've got to be-- the Russians, they're trying to drown you out. There's a Russian embassy.

[LAUGHTER]

What? You guys are communicating back and forth. There we go, there we go, there we go.

- Look at it.

- Yeah, they're drowning you out, buddy. Oh.

[LAUGHTER]

- [INAUDIBLE]

- I saw you on Twitter.

- They're trying to drown you out. They're trying to drown you out. You see that? They're trying to drown you out. That's got to be-- they've got to be-- the Russians, they're trying to drown you out. There's a Russian embassy.

[LAUGHTER]

What? You guys are communicating back and forth. There we go, there we go, there we go. Yeah, they're drowning you out, buddy. Oh.

[LAUGHTER]