Huge Ukraine Flag Painted In Front Of Russian Embassy In London Ahead Of War Anniversary. In Pics

The Metropolitan Police of London said that three men and one woman had been taken into custody on suspicion of criminal damage and blocking the highway.

Activists from political campaign group Led By Donkeys, pour paint onto the road to create a giant Ukrainian flag outside the Russian Embassy.

Ahead of the first anniversary of the war in Ukraine, activists applied hundreds of liters of yellow and blue paint to the road outside the Russian Embassy in London to create a massive Ukrainian flag, reported news agency Reuters. ( Image Source: Getty )

The "Led By Donkeys" campaign group stopped traffic before using wheelbarrows and brushes to spread more than 300 liters of paint across the road to create the flag's 500 square meters (5382 square feet). ( Image Source: Getty )

In a statement, the group stated, "Ukraine is an independent state and a people with every right to self-determination," quoted by Reuters. ( Image Source: Getty )

"The existence of a massive Ukrainian flag outside (Russian President Vladimir Putin's) embassy in London will serve to remind him of that." ( Image Source: Getty )

Moscow said that security concerns provided justification for its invasion. The Metropolitan Police of London reported that three men and one woman had been taken into custody on suspicion of criminal damage and blocking the highway. ( Image Source: Getty )

As they drove over it, the paint covered the tires of several vehicles, leaving colorful marks on the road that runs between Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens. The group said the non-harmful, dissolvable free and quick dry consumable paint was launderable and intended for street workmanship. ( Image Source: Getty )