The mayor of Odessa got into a dispute with the military of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at a rally in honor of the demolition of the monument to Pushkin

During the action to demolish the Pushkin monument on Birzhevaya Square, Odessa Mayor Gennady Trukhanov publicly argued with a serviceman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). A video of the conflict on June 28 was published by the Ukrainian edition "Страна.иа ".

The military asked the mayor why the monument to the "adept of the Russian world" remains in the city.

"Why aren't you in uniform?" — Trukhanov pointed out, answering the soldier's question.

Then the mayor of the city asked the Ukrainian Armed Forces fighter why he was not on the front line.

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