More than 2000 detained in anti-war protests across Russia
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Police in Russia detained more than 2,000 people protesting against Ukraine conflict. The detainments have been made in 48 cities across Russia, said protest monitoring group. People defied official warnings to show their displeasure and even anger over Russian invasion.More than 5,500 people have been detained at various anti-war protests since the invasion began on Thursday, according to the OVD-Info monitor, which has documented crackdowns on Russia's opposition for years. Sunday's protests coincided with the seventh anniversary of the murder of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov.In Moscow some of the arrests took place at an improvised memorial just outside the Kremlin at the site where Nemtsov was shot, a Reuters witness said. "No to war!" shouted one of the demonstrators as he was being dragged away by the police. Ukraine's Western allies have slapped unprecedented sanctions in response to Russia's land, sea and air invasion.Putin ordered his military command to put nuclear-armed forces on high alert on Sunday as Ukrainian fighters defending the city of Kharkiv said they had repelled an attack by invading Russian troops.Tens of thousands of people across Europe marched in protest against Russia's invasion on Sunday, with 100,000 people protesting in solidarity with Ukraine in Berlin.