A number of delegates staged a walkout during Russia’s address to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s (OSCE) parliamentary session in Vienna on Thursday, February 23.

Footage streamed live shows delegates leaving the room as Russia’s Vladimir Dzhabarov begins speaking. Some members stood holding Ukrainian flags during his speech.

Then as Belarus’s Andrei Savinykh made his address, delegates stood behind him holding a Ukrainian flag.

The OSCE session took place ahead of the one-year anniversary of the beginning of the war in Ukraine. Credit: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly via Storyful

Video transcript

- The chair now recognizes Mr. Vladimir Dzhabarov from Russia, followed by Mr. Leonid Slutsky from Russia. Mr. Dzhabarov, you have the floor for two minutes.

INTERPRETER: [SPEAKING RUSSIAN]

VLADIMIR DZHABAROV: [SPEAKING RUSSIAN]

- Thank you. The chair now recognizes Mr. Leonid Slutsky, followed by Mr. Andrei Savinykh from Belarus. Mr. Slutsky, you have the floor for two minutes.

LEONID SLUTSKY: [SPEAKING RUSSIAN]

- Thank you. Thank you. The chair now recognizes our last speaker, Mr. Andrei Savinykh from Belarus. You are recognized for two minutes.

ANDREI SAVINYKH: [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]

- Thank you.

ANDREI SAVINYKH: [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]

- Thank you.

ANDREI SAVINYKH: [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]