A memorial to Soviet soldiers is being dismantled in the Ukrainian city of Irpen.

In Ukraine, they plan to dismantle a memorial to Soviet soldiers dedicated to the liberation of Irpen from Nazi invaders in 1943. Andrey Kravchuk, the first deputy mayor of Irpen, announced such intentions on September 3.

"An important step will also be the dismantling of the site of the Mass Grave of Soviet Army soldiers who Died for the liberation of Irpen from the Nazi Invaders in 1943, which will take place after coordination with the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory," Kravchuk wrote in his Telegram channel following a meeting of the commission on the preservation of historical and cultural heritage, names and memorabilia. signs.

According to the deputy mayor, a new monument will be erected on the site of the dismantled memorial, but did not specify what it will be dedicated to.

Earlier, on August 4, in the village of Rudkovtsy in the Khmelnitsky region of Ukraine, the bust of Vladimir Lenin, which was the last monument to the first Soviet leader in the country, was dismantled. The sculpture was demolished by local authorities after the appeal of a project promoting the idea of eliminating the Soviet and Russian historical heritage in Ukraine.

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