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Monument To Soldiers Who Died Liberating Ukraine From Nazis Toppled (PHOTOS) -- RT
The ‘Soviet Soldier’ – a monument commemorating the collective sacrifice of the Soviet army against Nazi forces – has been toppled in western Ukraine. This follows the country-wide fall of some two dozen Lenin statues.
The taking down of the ‘Soviet Soldier’ in the town of Stryi, Lvov region, turns a new page in the chaos that gripped the nation in November, and has taken on dangerously nationalist overtones in the past fortnight.
The city administration’s website first reported on the story of the monument, erected in 1965 as a companion piece to two other objects: an obelisk with WWII engravings and the Eternal Flame over the tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
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My Comment: I am grateful that my father is not alive to see this. He was in the Soviet Army .... and he fought against the Nazis and their Ukrainian allies during the war .... to see this happening right now would (1) make his blood boil, and (2) worry about the future. As to what is my take .... I am happy to see the Lenin statues being torn down .... but tearing down monuments to the soldiers who died liberating eastern Europe from the Nazis .... words do not express my utter disgust.
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I think this is a sign of almost certain civil war. You're right they should'nt have done that.
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