3 thousands of Kharkiv citizens gathered in the square, where topple statue of Lenin
The Kharkiv police informs that at the moment on Freedom square in the city centre, where on Sunday evening the participants of the rally for the unity of Ukraine began to destroy the monument to Lenin, now about 3 thousand people.
first the media said that the participants of the rally held on Sunday at Freedom square in Kharkiv, have plans to saw the monument to Lenin. Activists in balaclavas said that already caused by the area of the lifting tower and it will cut the sculpture of Lenin. Moreover, according to the media, to start They decided with the feet of the leader of the world proletariat. It claimed that the rally was attended by about five hundred people. They were holding national flags, symbols " Right sector and volunteer battalion of the interior Ministry " Azov ".
currently investigating authorities regarding open criminal proceedings in accordance with paragraph " hooliganism ". The police explained that they face up to 5 years of imprisonment.
" currently at the monument to Lenin on the Freedom square in Kharkiv were about 3 thousand protesters who commit offences, according to the report, published on the Internet office of the regional Central Directorate of interior Ministry.
Vandalism relatively monuments became more frequent throughout the territory of Ukraine in the end lasted 3 months of political decline, which was accompanied by riots in Kiev and ended with the coming to power of the opposition, who received supervision over the country. The resonance was incident on 1 December 2013, when the radicals dropped from the pedestal of the statue of Lenin in Central Kiev.