Europe's Biggest Lenin Statue Is Toppled In The Ukrainian City Of Kharkiv

Lenin Is Toppled! Thousands In Ukraine's Second Largest City Cheer As Nationalists Fell Statue Of Communist Leader Before Chopping Off Its Nose -- Daily Mail

* Statue 28ft tall had stood in Kharkiv's Freedom Square for 50 years
* Governor allowed protesters to hack through metal in hours-long demolition
* Cheers, flares fired and anti-Russian chants as statue hurled to ground
* City is near Russian border and was briefly overrun by pro-Russians in April
* Since then there have been counter-protests by Ukrainian nationalists
* Interior minister welcomed the destruction of 'bloody Communist idol'

A gigantic statue of Lenin has been torn down by Ukrainian nationalists who cheered and chanted as they cut off the Communist monument's metal nose.

Flares and anti-Russian slogans erupted from a crowd of thousands last night as the statue came crashing to the ground in Kharkiv's Freedom Square.

The protesters, many of them masked, carved the words 'Glory to Ukraine' on the plinth of the monument, which was destroyed with the permission of the regional government.

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My Comment: Talk about timing .... it was only yesterday that I mentioned the increase in tensions in Kharkiv ..... Tensions In Ukraine's Second Largest City Of Kharkiv Increasing. As to what happened today .... my aunt lives in Kharkiv, and because of my many visits to see her in the past .... I am familiar with the statue. To put it bluntly .... you cannot miss it .... it is huge. Am I sorry to see it toppled .... no. But I do know that pro-Russian separatists are furious .... and it will not surprise me if there is some blow-back in the future.