On Constitution square in the night of Monday, unidentified poured paint the pedestal of the monument of Independence of Ukraine, stated in the city Council of Kharkov.
" on the night of 14 July unidentified poured paint the pedestal of the monument of Independence of Ukraine on Constitution square ", - quotes RIA of " news " letter of the city Council. According to the Department of municipal economy, Workers of enterprise " Kharkovzelenstroy " found occurred about 7. 00 local time (8. 00 Moscow time). At the present time the works on cleaning of the monument from paint involving contractors and special equipment. On a place of event are Workers of the police organization. Yesterday in Kharkiv during the rally on the square near the monument to Lenin there was a scuffle between Pro-Ukrainian activists and supporters of Antimiani. First in Kharkiv unknown have covered with drawings monument to Alexander Pushkin paint and wrote, with curses. The story is about the bust of the poet, which stands on a high pedestal in the Park Poetry. Vandals desecrated the monument birthday Puccinotti that Ukraine often pollute and destroy associated with Russia monuments. In February, Brody (Lviv region) was dismantled a monument to the Russian commander Mikhail Kutuzov. In may, the Union of public organizations " Association of Cossack societies " Sich " and the only resident of Odessa has addressed in court with the requirement to clean the monument to Russian Empress Catherine the great to Catherine square. Ukrainian nationalists destroyed or tried to destroy a number of the Soviet monuments. So, Lenin's monuments were demolished in several Ukrainian cities. Yesterday Victory Day was damaged a memorial plaque to the Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Zhukov in Kiev.

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