Vandals desecrated the monuments of Soviet General and Hero of the Soviet Union Nikolai Vatutin and Hero of Defense of Polotsk Alexei Zygin in Poltava, Ukraine. This was reported by the publication “Poltava”.
“On the night of March 24-25, in the center of Poltava, unidentified persons painted the monuments of Soviet generals Alexei Zygin and Nikolai Vatutin with brown paint,” the publication said.
According to media reports, an inscription “On the condemnation of the communist and national socialist (Nazi) totalitarian regimes in Ukraine and the prohibition of propaganda of their symbols” appeared on the monuments in connection with the laws of Ukraine.
February 15 reportedThe National Institute of Memory of Ukraine acknowledged that the monument to General Nikolai Vatutin is not subject to dismantling under the Decommunism Act, because this historical figure does not hold leadership positions in the Communist Party or government bodies. However, Volodymyr Tylishchak, vice-president of the National Institute of Memory of Ukraine, said that moving monuments associated with the USSR into museums allowed to “avoid acts of vandalism” against them, and also “cleansed the symbolic space of Ukraine from the Soviets”. cities.”