Muscovites brought flowers to the monument to the poetess Lesya Ukrainka on Ukrainian Boulevard in memory of those killed in the Kharkov region. Journalist Yulia Azarova posted photos from the scene.
According to her friends, utility workers removed the flowers from the pedestal several times. The last time, in the evening, the utility worker threatened to call the police.
Yesterday afternoon, during Russian shelling, a rocket hit a cafe-shop in the village of Groza in the Kupyansky district of the Kharkov region. A funeral service was held there on the occasion of the reburial of a Ukrainian military man. They were organized by the son and wife of a deceased military man. According to the latest data, 52 people died. In total, 330 people lived in the village of Groza.
Previously, flowers were brought to the monument in January 2023 — in memory of those who died in the Dnieper. Then, during the shelling, a rocket hit a residential multi-storey building, one entrance was completely destroyed. 46 people died. In Moscow, people with flowers and children's toys came to the monument for several days. Police patrolled the boulevard and several people were detained.
According to the estimates of researcher Alexandra Arkhipova, a total of spontaneous memorials then appeared in 62 Russian cities
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