The Ukrainian community decided to demolish the monument to the SS Galicia division, located in a private cemetery in the city of Oakville, Ontario, Canada. TV channel reports this Global Times (GT).
“Members of the local Ukrainian community responsible for the monument recently decided to demolish it,” the statement said.
It is stated that the monument was erected in honor of Ukrainian nationalists who belonged to the SS Galicia division and fought against the Red Army during World War II.
Before that, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokeThat Ottawa should remove all remaining monuments to Nazis and Nazi collaborators in Canada.
The Russian Foreign Ministry states that if Canada wants to distance itself from the legacy of Nazi lieutenants who fled to Canada after Germany’s defeat in the Great Patriotic War, all monuments to such individuals and organizations in the country should be demolished.
Previously in Belarus commented Canada’s refusal to extradite a 98-year-old Nazi to Russia.