Overview

• The Classic Open Air concert was postponed by one day due to forecasted storms
• Organizers from Ukraine-Solidaritätsverein Vitsche mobilized up to 200 protesters at the Gendarmenmarkt venue
• Berlin police reported no incidents as demonstrators gathered at all three entrances
• Protesters draped themselves in Ukrainian flags and chanted messages calling Russia a terror state and demanding no stage for Putin backers
• Netrebko’s management reiterated her public opposition to the Ukraine war despite past criticism over her Kremlin ties and dual Russian-Austrian citizenship