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Occupiers want to restore Lenin monuments in Mariupol

Friday, 18 November 2022, 15:21
Occupiers want to restore Lenin monuments in Mariupol

Russian occupiers are planning to restore dismantled monuments of Lenin in temporarily occupied Mariupol.

Source: Petro Andriushchenko, Advisor to the Mayor of Mariupol, on Telegram

Quote: "On the premises of Azovmash [a machine-building plant in Mariupol - ed.], two dismantled monuments of Lenin were found while collecting the scrap metal. One is from Svoboda (Freedom) Square, the other one is from Kalmiuske district. Now, the occupying government is planning to reinstall them."

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Details: According to Andriushchenko, the occupiers are still thinking what to do with a monument from Svoboda Square, as "it will not fit [there - ed.]".

Previously: Russian occupiers dismantled a memorial to victims of the Holodomor, which had been erected in downtown Mariupol in 2004, on the morning of 19 October. 2022 

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