Ukraine's Nationalists Tear Down Bust Of Soviet Military Figure In Kharkiv - Reports

KIEV (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 02nd June, 2019) Members of Ukraine's far-right nationalist organizations tore down on Sunday a bust of a Soviet military figure, Marshal Georgy Zhukov, in the country's northeastern city of Kharkiv, local media reported.

According to the UA.Kharkiv broadcaster, members of Ukraine's National Corps party and Right Sector extremist organization (banned in Russia) used a rope attached to the bust to pull it off the pedestal.

In place of the bust, the protesters planted a Ukrainian flag.

Following the incident, Kharkiv Mayor Hennadiy Kernes said that Zhukov's bust would be restored.

In 2015, the Ukrainian parliament approved a set of laws as part of decommunization policy. It banned the use of Soviet symbols and provided for the demolition of monuments commemorating communist figures and renaming streets and inhabited areas named after them.