VIENNA, 16 Sep. The Ukrainian authorities have launched a campaign to destroy symbols of memory of the victory over Nazism in World War II, Russia's Permanent Representative to the OSCE Alexander Lukashevich said on Thursday, saying that despite the statement by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that the influence of neo-Nazis in the country today is «less than zero «, the real situation suggests otherwise.
The Foreign Ministry announced the growing tension in the east of Ukraine «In Ukraine, the paramilitary organizations of the neo-Nazi persuasion feel very at ease. The heroization of Hitler's accomplices from among the Ukrainian nationalists has been elevated to the rank of state policy — streets and social facilities are named after them. In addition, in violation of the existing international of legal obligations in the country, a campaign has been launched to destroy symbols of memory of the victory over Nazism in World War II, «Lukashevich said at a meeting of the OSCE post-Council. nationalities who fell in the battles for the liberation of Ukraine. According to Lukashevich, the city authorities have now officially planned the destruction of a memorial sign in the form of a copy of the Great Patriotic War order located on the Field of Mars, and the authorities of the city of Drohobych, Lviv region, intend to destroy the «Eternal Flame» memorial on the mass grave of Soviet soldiers who died in the battles for the liberation of Western Ukraine in 1944. «The desecration of the symbols and monuments of the Victory common to all the peoples of the Soviet Union is carried out in violation of Ukraine's obligations under the Agreement on the perpetuation of the memory of the courage and heroism of the peoples of the member states of the Commonwealth of Independent States in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945, a participant in which Ukraine remains. As never before, the catch phrase is seen as appropriate: whoever forgets the lessons of history is doomed to repeat them, «the diplomat concluded.
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