Man 'hurls a burning Molotov cocktail at the Kremlin walls' amid reports Russia has now rounded up 15,000 anti-war protesters
This is the shocking moment a furious man appears to throw a burning Molotov cocktail at the walls of the Kremlin in Moscow.
Video shows the man, who has not been identified, gesticulating angrily at the red walls of the Kremlin as he looks up at a burning section of the brickwork.
The footage, which was filmed by a passing motorist, purportedly shows the moment just after the man threw the petrol bomb at the building.
He appears enraged as he shouts and swears at the walls of the Kremlin, a section of which is burning where the Molotov cocktail appears to have hit it.
It comes after more than 15,000 people have been detained for demonstrating against Russia's barbaric invasion of Ukraine, according to independent human rights body OVD-Info.
This is the shocking moment a furious man appears to throw a burning Molotov cocktail at the walls of the Kremlin in Moscow
Video shows the man, who has not been identified, gesticulating angrily at the red walls of the Kremlin as he looks up at a burning section of the brickwork
Despite the constant threat of arrest in Russia, thousands of Russians across the country have protested against Putin's war in Ukraine.
Last week, 467 people were detained in Moscow for protesting against the invasion as Moscow clamps down on antiwar demonstrations.
An journalist with AFP, who was present at a protest in the capital Moscow on Sunday, witnessed at least a dozen arrests.
They added that police were taking away anybody without press papers.
Videos show officers using truncheons and stun guns in a brutal bid to stamp out any opposition to the invasion of Ukraine.
Police officers in central Moscow were seen manhandling many people who took part in the protests against Russian military action, in Manezhnaya Square.
Police officers detain a man during a protest against Russian military action in Ukraine, in Manezhnaya Square in central Moscow on March 13
Demonstrations have been taking place in many locations across Russia to protest against Putin's invasion of Ukraine
Meanwhile, on March 14, Russian journalist Marina Ovsyannikova defied Putin's crackdown on free speech to denounce his war on Ukraine on live TV.
Putin has strong-armed state channels into referring to a 'special military operation' instead of a 'war' or 'invasion', has denied suffering mass casualties, and sought to paint Ukraine as the aggressor with 15 years in jail for anyone who defies him.
But Ovsyannikova decided to flout the law, storming on to the set of state-controlled Channel One waving an anti-war sign.
A highly regarded employee of the channel, the mother-of-two held a placard reading 'Stop the war. Don't believe propaganda. They're lying to you'.
She then released a pre-recorded video statement calling on ordinary Russians to protest and 'stop the madness'.
Miss Ovsyannikova's exceptional act of defiance against Putin quickly went viral, winning praise from world leaders and sparking calls for her to be nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize.
But once she was arrested, there were fears she would disappear, as many critics of the Kremlin do.
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