Authorities in Ukraine handed over a Soviet T-34 tank to the AFU

The authorities of the city of Uman in Cherkasy Region have made a unanimous decision to hand over to the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) a Soviet T-34 tank and cannons, which used to be monuments. This was reported by the head of the city Irina Pletneva on December 24 on her page in the social network Facebook (owned by the corporation Meta, which is recognized as an extremist organization and banned in Russia).

"A T-34 tank was transferred to the needs of the AFU," she wrote.

Pletneva noted that the tank and guns were removed from the pedestals in accordance with the Ukrainian law on condemnation of the communist regime in Ukraine and the prohibition of propaganda of its symbols.

In addition, the head of Uman expressed confidence that the equipment would benefit the Ukrainian National Guard.

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Earlier, on December 15, the former co-chairman of the Ukrainian party "Opposition Platform - For Life" (OPZZh) Verkhovna Rada deputy Yuriy Boyko said that more and more Ukrainian citizens support those who oppose the demolition of monuments, renaming of cities.

Before that, on December 6, a bust of twice Hero of the USSR partisan commander Sidor Kovpak was dismantled in Kiev's Park of Glory. Sidor Kovpak was one of the leaders of the partisan movement in Ukraine and the RSFSR during the Great Patriotic War.

The policy of so-called decolonization was a continuation of decommunization in Ukraine, which began in 2015 as part of the law "On Condemnation of Communist and Nazi Regimes". It prescribes demolishing monuments, dismantling memorial plaques, and renaming all topographical objects whose names are associated with the USSR or Russia. This policy became especially acute after the start of the Russian Federation's special operation to defend Donbass in February 2022.