Picket outside the Embassy of Ukraine in Athens

On 11 March 2025, KNE held a picket outside the Embassy of Ukraine in Athens, while a delegation of the KKE and KNE affixed a letter of protest to its door.

With this protest, the KKE and KNE condemned the prolonged political persecution, arrest and torture of Mikhail and Alexander Kononovich, members of the Ukrainian Communist Youth League (Komsomol).

They denounced that this persecution is being carried out on false and fabricated charges and highlighted that it is unacceptable, as is the attempt by the Ukrainian authorities to bring new charges against them and send them to die on the front line of the imperialist war.

The KKE and KNE demand the immediate dropping of all charges against the Kononovich brothers and their release, while stressing that the Ukrainian authorities hold responsibility for their safety.