Mayor of Rome Roberto Gualtieri announced the event, which will take place at 7:30 pm.
“It will be an opportunity to reaffirm our support and closeness to the Ukrainian people at this difficult time,” Gualtieri said.
“I am sure that many mayors and administrators from all over Italy will participate to strongly demonstrate the unity of our country for peace and against a very serious and unacceptable military aggression.”
Gualtieri led the crowds during the first march last Friday evening from city hall to the Colosseum.
The mayor’s invitation to join the second procession comes as Rome sets up an emergency task force to coordinate aid, assistance and hospitality to Ukrainians fleeing the war, in support of the associations and volunteers already offering help.
The task force will be active from Thursday.
Gualtieri has also signed the declaration of the mayors of the Pact of Free Cities to welcome the city of Kiev into the alliance.
The Pact of Free Cities is an open and progressive city alliance launched by mayors Gergely Karácsony (Budapest), Matúš Vallo (Pozsony – Bratislava), Rafal Trzaskowski (Warsaw) and Zdeněk Hřib (Prague) on December 16, 2019, in Budapest.
The document promises to promote the “common values of freedom, human dignity, democracy, equality, rule of law, social justice, tolerance and cultural diversity”.
The declaration was signed by the mayors of Amsterdam, Barcelona, Bratislava, Budapest, Frankfurt, Gdansk, London, Los Angeles, Milan, Paris, Podgorica, Prague, Rijeka, Rome, Stuttgart, Taipei, Taoyuan, Tirana, Ulm, Neu-Ulm , Vienna, Warsaw and Zagreb.
“As mayors of the Pact of Free Cities we strongly condemn Putin’s armed aggression against Ukraine,” the declaration read.
“This invasion is one of the most serious threats to peace and security in Europe since world war two.”
“We want to offer resources, support and help to the Ukrainian population.
“We stand in solidarity with them in the struggle for freedom and democracy.”
