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In Kyiv, work began on dismantling the coat of arms of the USSR on the Motherland monument (streamable.com)

submitted 1 year ago by LaFinlandia@sopuli.xyz to c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz

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[–] Lenins2ndCat@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I know, but the whole statue is a ww2 memorial to nearly 12,000 soldiers that fought and died for the soviet union against the nazis, the OUN and the UPA as part of the red army. Defacing the USSR's symbol on it is the defacement of part of the memorial to them and what they fought for. The famous saying "Slave Ukraini" that is currently popular is the formal greeting of the OUN/UPA which is specifically something these soldiers fought and died fighting against, thus my thinking that they may also remove the names and all links to it being a ww2 memorial.

[–] supercriticalcheese@feddit.it 1 points 1 year ago

I think what OP was saying is that they want to remove the coat of arms from the monument not the monument