T-34-85 tank. File photoMOSCOW, May 5. A Soviet tank that was erected as a monument on Victory Square in the Ukrainian city of Zhytomyr has been dismantled and will be moved, UNIAN reports, citing the mayor of the city. «They did it quietly. «In the morning. It was necessary for safety. Now the monument-tank T-34-85 will take its place next to the monument of Eternal Glory. There, every year on May 8, we will honor the memory of those who died in World War II, including those who liberated from the invader Zhytomyr,» the publication quotes the words from the post of mayor in social networks. It is noted that Victory Square will retain its name. Earlier, monuments to Alexander Pushkin in Chernigov and Maxim Gorky in Vinnitsa were also dismantled in Ukraine. In turn, the mayor of Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, said that it is planned to dismantle about 60 monuments associated with Russia and the Soviet Union in the Ukrainian capital.
