Ukraine Tears Down Soviet Monument In Kyiv

Kyiv dismantled a Soviet-era monument that symbolized friendship between Russia and Ukraine.
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Ukraine Tears Down Soviet Monument In Kyiv

[@NoahSpurrier]

I’m surprised they didn’t take it down in 2014, after Crimea.

[@milena579]

Avevano ancora qualche speranza di ricucire, ma ora hanno perso anche quella.

[@Gray_ninja]

It was different. Russians tried to play "peacekeepers" and civil society in Ukraine wasn't formed. But the, after the revolution it evolved enough to take it down

[@AlexanderSergeevRus]

@@Gray_ninja What audacity. When a society expresses a point of view that we do not like, it is not a civil society. And if vice versa, then immediately civil. How convenient))

[@Gray_ninja]

@@AlexanderSergeevRus point of view that calls for conquest, genocide and crimes against this civil society have no right to exist. It is first rule of Liberalism. No liberty for enemies of the liberty.

[@AlexanderSergeevRus]

@@Gray_ninja What heresy? I wrote to you about Ukrainians until 2014; especially about the opponents of the coup. And this phrase is not the basis of liberalism. This is the paradox of tolerance expressed by Karl Popper.

[@Coeurebene1]

I remember it from when I visited Kiev, sad to see it go. Russia can't even complain about it, since they say Ukraine never existed in the first place.

[@dec13666]

As long as Ukrainians keep watching "USSR alive in Russia", implicitly they'll be "justifying Russian claims on Nazi existence in Ukraine". Honestly, both sides are a bit childish there.

[@ccvstudios1839]

@@dec13666 But Russia is the agressor

[@IanM..]

@@ccvstudios1839 no Ukraine has been trying to commit a genocide in the east for the last 8 years Russia is putting these dirty fascists in the dirt

[@Kriegter]

@@dec13666 when one nation attacks another sovereign nation, it is pretty clear cut

[@arch357]

@@dec13666 the ukrainians watched it after the russian agression in crimea and georgia and now this, though ukrainians seeing USSR alive in russia is not propoganda. justifying russian claims on nazi existence on ukraine is.

[@Lord-521]

You cannot erase history

[@aleli5105]

Unfortunately not! But you can demolish symbols of its oppression and misery!

[@demyrg9887]

​@@aleli5105 Social consciousness is like blockchain. Removing individual links in the distributed chain will not change the final picture. Even changing textbooks in schools and propaganda will only give temporary results.

[@comondere2801]

​@@aleli5105Are you joking? How a statue representing friendship of nations shows oppression and mjsery?

[@johnr9763]

This statue represented a friendship that did once exist between Russia and Ukraine. That may be why it was not taken down in 1989. It is another sad sign of what Putin has done.

[@francis5155]

Poutine protéger les civils ukrainiens que les SS tiré comme pigeons avec leurs prèsident

[@atla5_]

This statue represented a propagandist narrative that russia and Ukraine are friends and so called "fraternal people". Which of course is not true. You can check the 1933 Holodomor, which is already enough not to be "friends". But there are more horrible things, that russia did to the Ukrainian nation and culture. For example 60 bans of Ukrainian language

[@John-rn1nm]

To the Ukrainians it's likely to them the symbol of their oppression by the Russians. The same way the Polish does.

[@rimfire8217]

Putin has demolished everything Russia could have been after the fall of the Wall. Nothing Putin has done was done with the intention to help his people or any people.

[@RJStockton]

@Lukas Манфред I was wondering when you'd show up. Have a drink, Ivan. It's cold in Moscow.

[@silverdamascus2023]

I still defend that monuments like this should be taken to museums, not destroyed, they are historical artifacts. But yeah, Ukrainians are pissed and have a valid reason to remove them.

[@user-yl3ky9rs1r]

у них нет не каких причин удалять их

[@ryoukaip]

@@user-yl3ky9rs1r no friendship, erase memory that's it

[@hgdyicmg]

@@user-yl3ky9rs1r they just disrespected history right there

[@huuphuclecao8712]

@@ryoukaip But that is history

[@user-yl3ky9rs1r]

@@hgdyicmg ну так расскажи ее расскажи свою точку зрение, я слушаю. А то вряд ли твое мнение можно считать за достоверную историю

[@yunkerz4748]

I am waiting for Ukraine to give up almost half of its territory to Poland as part of "decommunization", because this is also a Soviet legacy.

[@kirill6850]

If Poland wanted the Nazis from Western ukraine, that is. There is a literal cult around SS Galizien and its members over in Ivano-Franikvs and Lviv Edit: Ivano-Frankivsk, I misspelled it

[@fabik805]

Then Poland must also give part of its territory to Germany.

[@oleksandralituta5138]

Try to read a book

[@xxvxxv5588]

Lol what? Ethnic Ukrainians are indigenous people here and lived long before Carl Marx or Lenin were born and communism was created or installed as dominant ideology somewhere.

[@J18793]

Ukrainian forgot history of Ukraine ..,,,

[@user-xy2gf5kb3h]

It's not a "Ukraine history", this monument is a part of Bolshevik russian occupation of Ukraine! They invaded in Ukraine in 1917-1921 years and involved my country in USSR, until 1991 year...

[@n.inhthang3848]

Bad time of Ukraine's history

[@xxvxxv5588]

No. As an Ukrainian I could say that we do this because we didn't forget how we were discriminated by Czarist and Soviet Russia. Putin and his anti-ukrainian racism is natural conclusion of Russian history.

[@fuhq6731]

In case you guys don’t know, the mayor of Kiev is an ultimate badass. Look him up

[@andreymudik2905]

What are you talking about i can total beat him up

[@user-ys5rt7sr3p]

we don't care about him

[@romanmishchenko4398]

Kyiv not Kiev

[@michaelsimarmata5880]

@@user-ys5rt7sr3p speak for yourself

[@HardcorePanda]

another conman actor like zlensky who stole billions from people then sent them overseas?

[@mscardholder]

It's peculiar how the subtitle maker decided not to translate 'glory to the nation' and 'Ukraine above all' slogans that the people are shouting

[@rh01pr]

And he does it right. Nobody wants to read grunts.

[@warbrain1053]

Most people know them by now

[@warbrain1053]

@Luqman Hakim if you are a troll, haha well done. Boring. If you are a human, i think russia deserves your praise waaaay more with what is happening there right now

[@mscardholder]

@Luqman Hakim that's where it's copied from

[@badpiggies988]

I also noticed that false-friend. I can just about imagine Pootin’s troll army having a field day with it 🤦‍♂️

[@krealyesitisbeta5642]

I’m surprised it lasted this long.

[@d.harris1364]

I understand the hatred that Ukrainians have for Russians, but hatred towards the Soviet Union makes no sense. The Ukrainians had rulers within the Kremlin, Konstantin Chernenko and Leonid Brezhnev, Mikail Gorbachev was also of Ukrainian descent. But the person who loved Ukraine the most was Nikita Khrushchev, who was raised in eastern Ukraine. Therefore, this against the Soviet Union does not have much place when the aggressor is not the USSR but an imperialist Russia

[@Zolingier]

0:57 - glory to heroes. - death to enemys. Translate correctly!

[@otdaypikchu4956]

After all, you also translated incorrectly, here is the correct translation, and you need to know it, especially if you think that there is no Nazism in Ukraine: - Glory to the NATION (in the Ukrainian language, the Nation in the absolute majority of cases means an ethnos, that is, "Glory to the ethnos") - Death to the enemies

[@Zolingier]

@@otdaypikchu4956 , I am absolutely agree with you.

[@44deppenangrif4]

i see no problem with saying death to the enemys i wish some country would bomb russia

[@marioryzhkoffe7868]

They also translated "Ukraine before all" as "Glory to Ukraine". Seems like "Deutschland über alles"

[@thepotatogod2951]

@@marioryzhkoffe7868 Nationalism is a requirement in order to win wars.

[@Browz1]

Replaced with a Hitler statue

[@sheeit-co3co]

That's good 😊

[@whothecapfits4798]

That's what happened when we found out how lucky and fortunate life has become so we can concentrate on more 'finer' things in life.🥺

[@Kevin-ps9yf]

Russia: Oh really? Then try to remove the motherland statue on your kiev.

[@alexmasonick7502]

Russia: Help! Wagner has turned against us!

[@DrCruel]

The Ukrainians took it down before it was destroyed in the shelling. They need the metal to make ammunition.

[@nothingtoseeheremovealong598]

the mayor is such a badass he can hold the umbrella with his shoulder blades only

[@Gray_ninja]

He previously was a highest level boxer

[@dmitryziryanov7396]

@@Gray_ninja yep, and President was a comedy actor

[@Gray_ninja]

@@dmitryziryanov7396 exactly

[@mrinalkumar6895]

USSR gave statue to Ukrainian SSR would have been more correct...as they were part of same country

[@ojmikey]

Is that the main thing you’re focusing on

[@nxibba]

@@ojmikey yeah, problem?

[@ojmikey]

@@nxibba pretty much mate

[@mrinalkumar6895]

@@ojmikey you should have more problems with the way they devilised the Soviet Union. They are saying like that to feed people's mind that USSR colonised people.....but the reality is entirely different. So i focus on reality.

[@xxvxxv5588]

And this is actually a problem. Why Ukrainians should live as a minority in "USSR" rather then having it's own state?

[@edyr]

this is so horrible.. don't topple a monument dedicated to independence.. and then do an independence day again... Just honor and permanently establish the peace treaty

[@AshfaqurBF]

Ukraine became too emotional and raged

[@beautifulvietnam2782]

Why Ukrain could not build a public toilet and they still see its art.

[@bleuemoone8710]

The USSR was never a friend to Ukraine look up Holodomor

[@OptimisticNihilist15]

In that sense USSR was horrible to all countries like Russia, Kazakhstan, Georgia etc, Ukraine was a vital part of the USSR. Whether willingly or unwillingly Ukraine was bound to it, there was no question of friendship. A country does not have to be friends with its owns parts

[@mrinalkumar6895]

@@OptimisticNihilist15 Explaining them is a waste of time.....they got their knowledge from propaganda universities...😂😂. And literally they act like bots of west.

[@realShikha885]

@@mrinalkumar6895or maybe Indians should stop bootlicking Russia like most did to Britain.

[@alicetkrv5498]

@@realShikha885 unlike tolerant British, Russians didn't colonise India and cruelly exploit local people there, supporting Russia is just a free will of Indians, but I guess that freethinking is impossible to be understood by liberal democrats

[@OptimisticNihilist15]

@@realShikha885 We are not bootlicking Russia, we are looking after our own interests and what is best for our ppl. In case you haven't noticed, Ukraine has never exactly been friendly towards India and even voted against us in many UN resolutions

[@kiraalialeeonfairythegreenone]

It's about time this was done. Very understandable.🇺🇦💙💛

[@user-yh8oc5nw2g]

Нацист Забывший свою историю

[@blazer9547]

​@@user-yh8oc5nw2g you are the fascists

[@staliniosifvissarionovich5588]

nazi

[@sheeit-co3co]

​@@user-yh8oc5nw2gRussian bot

[@coolfix948]

It was Soviet monument not of Russia today.

[@user-to4vi6xx8k]

'A Nation That Forgets It's Past Has No Future' - Winston Churchill

[@jamiejamie7351]

how about Russia remenber all the treaties it signed

[@xxvxxv5588]

Ukrainians don't forget about the past when ethnic Ukrainians were discriminated minority in USSR or Russian Empire. That's why there is no space for those controversial memorials.

[@iceiejest103]

Russia fvcked it all up. From Ukraine to Latvia and Estonia. About the past??? The past is Russia invaded and destroyed Ukraine. That's what the past was. Ukrainians want nothing to do with Russia now. Thanks to comrad Putin.🤣

[@Zapper-kq1zg]

@@xxvxxv5588такой нации никогда не было

[@xxvxxv5588]

@@Zapper-kq1zg there were people with Ukrainian surnames more than 400 years ago.

[@ZOCCOK]

I understand why the people did it but I do not support breaking down of historical statues and structures. I said the same when Russia launched missiles at historic structures in Ukraine and I will say the same today: History should be preserved to the best of our abilities as it is the only thing connecting us to our past

[@user-ys5rt7sr3p]

fact

[@TheBucketSkill]

Ugh go away man. Not everything is american politics. So irritating.

[@Cosmo1093]

That's what history books and museums are for. Removing the statues of your colonial masters is standard procedure -- nobody complained when India removed colonial-era statues of King George and Sir William Peel.

[@DiviAugusti]

I love this notion that a shitty statue made decades ago is some sacred artifact that we need to preserve in order to remember history. This statue was a memorial to the brotherhood between a Ukraine and Russia. Russia is now bombing Ukraine and leaving mass graves full of civilians everywhere they occupy. Melt it and make a new one of Zelenskyy.

[@nomnomstirn1532]

@@TheBucketSkill What about this is American politics? American politics is garbage, and so is the act of destroying the statue. Since the statue never was mean’t to symbolize anything bad, the statue was just there to symbolize unity. The fact that the SSRs were united against the invading Nazis, which had committed several atrocities to the people of the USSR. Then being able to defeat the Nazis despite their slight differences, in order to preserve the many people who lived within the nation and the nation itself isn’t anything bad. It’s sad to see such a monument go, since it really was only there to symbolize unity, and if needed it could have gotten a new meaning of unity, from the Ukrainians who stood united in their defense of Ukraine. But instead the people decided to throw away their history of unity and what it brought them. Since the Ukraine SSR was the first to fall during the patriotic war and despite the military failures which had allowed it to fall, non-Ukrainians from many parts of the Union fought for their Union and the Ukrainian SSR. Which allowed them to liberate the Ukraine SSR, and save the USSR which had kept each SSR secure through unity despite their differences. Though Stalin wasn’t exactly a good person, and the politicians who led each country didn’t really like each other. Stalin and those politicians, shouldn’t represent the people of the USSR who gave their lives fighting for it and what the USSR means to people, since to many Russians it’s a symbol of unity and strength. But sadly for the people who’d taken down the statue their hatred for Russia and the demonization of the USSR by Ukrainian propaganda, didn’t see that statue, as a statue of Unity and the many achievements brought to them by Unity, but instead as a symbol of Russian expansionism. So sad 😥.

[@Aureus_]

I think it should be removed but taken to a museum and not destroyed

[@elangelyt7738]

Now raise another statue in honor of Ukrainian "hero" Stepan Bandera.

[@sharknado623]

Even if they will, that's their business. You have a problem with that?

[@elangelyt7738]

@@sharknado623 Sure, let the Germans raise a stutue in honor of the man with a mustache, and Italians raise one in name of Benito. Let them, that's their business right? You either a n@zi or you don't know who Stepan Bandera was.

[@user-yx7mn6hb9i]

@@sharknado623 Yes, their business shouldn't involve nazism

[@user-xy2gf5kb3h]

You know only Bandera😅? Russian bot!

[@markmitin7397]

@@user-xy2gf5kb3h Apparently besides a guy who sided with the Nazis and sold out his own people, there is no Ukranian national heroes.

[@dopeduke4304]

1:29 I thought that was my phone 😭

[@deltasquared7777]

time for Russia to pinpoint target the Lviv Bandera monument

[@TRtraybloxeey]

Well that’s just depressing Relics of a historical era so “happily” ruined

[@nomnomstirn1532]

A relic which only existed to symbolize unity. Unity which had allowed the people of the USSR to defeat the Nazis invaders, despite their differences. Unity which had liberated the Ukrainian SSR after it had fallen it had fallen to the Nazis, because of sacrifices made by people of the Union, who fought to preserve the USSR and the SSRs within the USSR, despite their differences. Only for a relic which could have gotten a new meaning of unity, for the Ukrainian fight against the Russians, to be destroyed in spite of the Putin and Stalin. Despite, Stalin not representing the Soviet people, and Putin not representing the Russian people.

[@TRtraybloxeey]

@@nomnomstirn1532 Very true, just saying that Ukrainians and Russians are brothers by history and heritage, actually United for centuries. Now that there is a border between them, the differences actually begin

[@Madara_Uchiha69420]

Ukraine is just Russia's brethren , but the people don't understand that and see Ukraine as something different , the differences only began in 1991 when USSR died , the differences began when Ukrainians started thinking they are different from Russians , and the fact that I'm having to use the word 'Ukrainian' just proves that the differences have began in this generation As my grandfather said to me : hmm , what if USSR existed? Then there wouldve been no Russia-Ukraine war rn

[@TRtraybloxeey]

@@Madara_Uchiha69420 very true, even considering the fact that after 41 years of having a border between them, a war’s already started, and it seems now that the ideological and cultural border with become permanent.

[@Kriegter]

@@Madara_Uchiha69420 it didn't begin in 1991. Already during the Russian civil war of 1917 Ukraine was a nation for a short while until Bolshevik takeover. When it did begin was when the Kievan Rus fractured into separate principalities.

[@hydrocodred6672]

Putin: It’s treason then. I still can’t stop laughing at the fact that Putin said that the Fall of the Soviet Union is one of the most tragic event of all time😂

[@zachdew9gaming985]

Are you at all surprised, he was a KGB Agent who became "president" of whats left of Russia.

[@hydrocodred6672]

@@zachdew9gaming985 even if it’s not surprising, it’s still funny that he even said it.😆

[@darth3911]

@@hydrocodred6672 It’s not funny. With the fall of the USSR came the fall of nine different governments. Out of the nine four of the country’s collapsed into non existence.

[@kevinduliesco5468]

@@darth3911 you're right,I just know countries separated but I don't know which,also it made Russia I think worst

[@crane7472]

That's because it was to Soviet citizens. Voting showed that an overwhelming majority wanted to perserve the USSR back in 1991. My family lived in it, we loved it. It was an amazing country and my opinion will never change.

[@latelino]

"Even if an army came against me with its tents, my heart would have no fear: if war was made on me, my faith would not be moved" (Bible).🇺🇦🇧🇷

[@Zapper-kq1zg]

Nazy

[@NoName-eq9md]

@@Zapper-kq1zg who's invading?

[@onecuet]

My 🙏 prayer for the Ukrainian people. May the war be over soon! 💕

[@SCARRIOR]

Prayers don't mean anything, when people say such things it sounds ridiculous.

[@destroythefanboyism2761]

@@SCARRIOR exactly

[@Gray_ninja]

It wont. It will be hard, long war, the road to Moscow is long

[@Gray_ninja]

@@begonekneecaps9718 this war started because someone thought that Ukrainians are submissive femboys, but we are not. Goal of our nation now- destroy Russia in it's entirety

[@Blitzkers99]

Say that to Zelensky first, if he woyl have agreed with Russia then this would have never happens. Zelensky is using Peoples as human shields

[@NurAini-ep8wm]

They have point to do that. So.. do it.

[@trucnguyen-lw4gc]

This Statue go down with the downfall of Russia Bolsevik Regime

[@cuba129]

What are you talking about the Bolshevik regime is gone and besides the are was not so bad it meant to stand as friendship beetween russia and Ukraine thay should have at least keep it in case for the future

[@John-rn1nm]

As good looking as Soviet art and statues are. They are just not appropriate anywhere but Russia. It's like having a statue of King George in Washington or a statue of Emperor Showa in Beijing.

[@mr.congeniality8803]

Basically. At the very least I hope it's saved for historical reasons.

[@zachdew9gaming985]

@@mr.congeniality8803 I'm hoping its melted down into resources for the warfront. Give putin some irony.

[@dartvidan]

Pity cause this is art. Ukraine thinks that is horoble thing and evidence of Soviet. But ot is just art. People can concieve this statue by another ways. Russia has a lot of cues of ukranian culture. But we dont destroy that, especcially for public

[@John-rn1nm]

@@dartvidan if you are Russian, then should understand. To them it reminds them of their national subjugation.

[@dartvidan]

@@John-rn1nm whe I eat borsh it reminds me about Ukraine where this soup origin. It means I should refuse borsch?))

[@badpiggies988]

That statue aged like milk, it’s very sad to see what one man can do to a friendship between two nations on a mere whim. But they have every right to get rid of it, since the very country that gave it to them is Grozny-ing their cities as I type this and questioning whether they should even exist

[@tedmccarron]

That monument should have been ripped down in 1990 when Ukraine became independent.

[@kirill6850]

​@@tedmccarronno, and it shouldn't have been now, either. Ukraine should have shown its strength of heart and good will, that it doesn't hate the people of russia, but it's politicians who pushed war on them. But no, UA had to go down the path of Nazism (again) and tear down a soviet monument (again). It's unfortunate, but oh well🤷‍♂️

[@tedmccarron]

@kirill6850 Russia and Ukraine both should have torn down all the Soviet monuments and communist monuments in their countries. The Soviets killed seven million Ukrainians by starving them to death so I can see why Ukraine would not want any any monuments glorifying their murderers.

[@aleli5105]

@@kirill6850 SLAVA UKRAINA!

[@unclejohnny9144]

They should've removed years ago

[@brucef8735]

Now melt it down and launch it to Moscow!

[@naufalrizq]

well that's Putin fault, not Soviet fault but Ukrainian doing this.... so disrespectful

[@xxvxxv5588]

Putin regularly refers to Ukraine's soviet heritage to justify ukrainophobia.

[@HispaniaGothorum]

WELL DONE!!!!

[@HispaniaGothorum]

@@Usethea heroes? really? they fought to establish a regime of oppression and tyranny that caused more than 100 million murders. Talked about that to the Letonians, Polish, Ukrainians, Cossacks, etc and YES, WELL DONE.

[@HispaniaGothorum]

@@Usethea LMAO 1.- Hitler was Austrian not Australian 2.- Communist crimes were well known before, during and after World War II 3.- They were NOT heroes. They were rapists of German and Polish women. They help to introduce tyranny and oppression in the eastern countries.

[@kirill6850]

​@@HispaniaGothorumI think you forget something: Ukrainians were the largest force of the Red Army during its fight against Fascism. So yes, the ukrainians and russians heroes who freed europe from Hitler are exactly that: heroes. But you might think of SS Galizien as heroes, idk🤷‍♂️

[@HispaniaGothorum]

@@kirill6850 First, they were forced to join the Red Army but in the Galizien Division, they were volunteers. Secondly, the Red Army and Russia murdered millions of their country's men years before (Civil War, repression, holodomor, etc...). And after the war, everybody knows what happened... ethnic cleansing, deportations, etc of Crimean Tatars, Volga Germans... Third, don't talk about heroes. The communist ideology is the worst and the most genocidal ideology on Earth and you defend them.

[@aAverageFan]

​@@HispaniaGothorum Western colonialism killed more people than communism. British Empire killed more than Soviets ever did

[@kumarlko1347]

Place is cleared to install a Russian Monument after Total Russian victory.

[@wickendiana8310]

Hows the 3 day operation going

[@kumarlko1347]

@@wickendiana8310 west fooled Russia to believe Minsk peace agreement, otherwise Russian would have completely run down Ukraine. -Angela Merkel

[@wickendiana8310]

@@kumarlko1347 well the russian military has failed to take over the hole of ukraine and replace the goverment with a puppet state, only thing they have achived is the land bridge to crimea, norhing else, "second greatest military in the world" what a joke

[@Bruhhhhhi7]

This grandpa told, that russia is their enemy, but he told it on russian language🤣 by the way, russian is their second language. This is because Ukraine is an outskirts of Russia, the word "ukraina" means "outskirts" on russian and on ukrainian languages.

[@kite759]

"Я повернувся в мій рідний край", "Край, де мене чекає моя сім'я", "Захищатиму свій рідний край" - this is so stupid dude, everyone knows about it except u, "Україна - Край - Homeland, У - to", created "To homeland" - "У країну" - "to the country" then u should just connect pre-last words

[@kite759]

this is only means rusian language is not slavic, in Poland "Країна" mean "kraj", and in Belarus "Країна" mean "Краіна", but in rusian "Країна" mean "Страна" this so f**king far for slavic

[@i_eat_CHildren24]

Ждем теперь,когда они закопают свои станции метро,построенные при СССР😏

[@mikewade1604]

It brings me sadness to see such beautiful art go. But I understand

[@RJStockton]

Soviet art is not beautiful. It is designed to be the opposite of beautiful.

[@Madara_Uchiha69420]

@@RJStockton Soviet art is more better than your art , so don't complain

[@Kriegter]

@ people like you give those bots credibility.

[@cuba129]

@@RJStockton lol western propaganda anything our enemies make is bad

[@rh01pr]

@@RJStockton Yes? Then all the art that is created in the US and the EU is not worth a cent for a hundred paintings.

[@PETE4955]

Good, symbols of weakness.

[@lostonearth7856]

Maybe I think this place where the statue used to stand should be left as is as a sign of how as we go on into the future, what we are okay with glorifying with statues changes as we go on through history and use this as one of the more extreme footnotes in History to show how far as humans we have gone.

[@Buto.7103]

When some animals take down something that didn’t have to do with Putin’s oligarchy

[@beetrootsoup3130]

well the statue literally doesn't have a meaning if there is literally no friendship between said countries, the metal could be used for a perhaps say Polish Ukrainian friendship statue instead

[@Buto.7103]

@@beetrootsoup3130 what about making a giant c*ck representing United States and every citizen has to kiss it every year

[@darth3911]

@@beetrootsoup3130 Either way it was part of history and destroying it is equal to destroying any and all Roman monuments.

[@user-kt3jk1vq9o]

@@beetrootsoup3130 Poland arguably hated Ukraine before the war and chose the lesser enemy afterwards

[@stefanandrejevic2570]

Sad to see historical monuments being ruined because of a pointless conflict.

[@AsianEspionage]

Im kind of against this monument being ruined. Its not like im siding with big bad russia. I like history and im against it when history is being ruined

[@TheBucketSkill]

Monuments to dead ideals and concepts. Why torment the people with an eyesore? Stick in museum. I'm never for actually destroying statues, but daily reminders of things people hate is not ideal. Lemme ask ya this, if Stalin statue was in Ukraine would you disagree with its removal?

[@0816M3RC]

@@AsianEspionage Would you be ok with Germany keeping Nazi monuments up?

[@christophera556]

As well as this Soviet era monument being taken down in Ukraine another monument has also been taken down in one of the Baltic states I think it was in Latvia.The removal of these Soviet era monuments by former Soviet Republics should be in itself be enough proof to Russian's that these former Soviet Republics now have their own identities and that the former Soviet Union ain't coming back.Time for Putin and the Russian army to leave Ukraine and go home.

[@shrekgamer4199]

Who is the statue based on

[@karakabum5700]

This reminds me of 1945 when Germany had no army left and the Allies were slowly regaining land and destroying nazi symbols all around Europe

[@dmitryziryanov7396]

Its an totally Ukrainian monument, representing friendship, not like Nazi monuments representing the power of 3rd reich

[@lelostimulus9995]

Wow they ran out of actual soviet statues and now they're tearing down war monuments. Perhaps they really are as dull as they say.

[@plantiron]

*The Untangling has begun*

[@ricky3019]

Tear it all down build freedom statues awesome real human beings glory Ukraine

[@BT-qs7id]

👏 🇺🇦

[@ButFirstHeLitItOnFire]

They should melt it down into a life size statue of Zelensky flipping the bird with both hands, and hand it off to Putin personally during the next batch of failed negotiations.

[@AndrD1406]

Better into tanks

[@SmiIeyyXD]

Perfect 😂

[@haven_lady675]

This looks familiar

[@robertosovietunion7567]

Just like in Iraq were thousand of Iraqi Civilian Populace torn down Iraqi Dictator Saddam Hussien Monument in Down town city Baghdad Iraq capital . The same in Moscow after Former Soviet Leader Mikhael Gorbachev resigned as a Soviet leader in 1991 thousand of Russian Civilian populace saw and witness that Lenin and Alex Dzershinsky mounment have been put down and celebrate

[@olli.1717]

Fremont in Seattle would love another Soviet statue

[@johnr9763]

No, I don't think such comments are relevant. Washington State is not at War with the USA.

[@olli.1717]

@@johnr9763 there’s already a statue of Lenin in Fremont. 🙂

[@okmowstop9]

RIP statue

[@pathosanimations8401]

How dare they.

[@imran1044]

Bro just imagine the people who did their hard to build this

[@0816M3RC]

No one cares.

[@SerbianTaliban]

@@0816M3RC no one cares about people who sacfriced against Nazism?

[@grimtheiceking5717]

Noooooooo

[@johannesnicolaas]

Melt it down and make tanks of it....!!

[@evinchester7820]

I visited Kiev back in 1981. It was part of the USSR back then. There have been "issues" between the two countries for hundreds of years. This is nothing new. This is just today's issues.

[@gorangoran6335]

Hundreds of years???

[@SketchTurnerZero]

As an Ukrainian I think this is stupid and some sort of hunt for witches

[@teslawatshipi1329]

This represented relationship with Russia not Putin regime Putin does not symbolize the statue..I fully agree with you

[@kristijan9787]

@@teslawatshipi1329 Yes it simbolises soviet imperialism and genocide, im glad the ukranians destroyed it.

[@vinaydhawan1555]

We have similar statues in riga also

[@junebrookes8874]

The statue did represent Russia accurately ..........a hollow piece of junk.

[@FWMjokivity90]

SLAVA UKRAINA SLAVA UKRAINE SLAVA UKRAINE SLAVA UKRAINE

[@IanM..]

Wow you are sad 😆

[@oswiecony2450]

@@IanM.. sad because of what?

[@FWMjokivity90]

@@oswiecony2450 that's what I'm asking..sad bc of what...I think this marica is just trolling. who knows now a day..🤣

[@darth3911]

@@FWMjokivity90 Because the idea of Slava is a united slavic empire. That is why the commenter said what they did in there comment. Ukraine will not achieve a united slavic empire under its own government. At least not in the near future especially sense waging war is seen as a bad thing in this day and age.

[@Ou81269]

God bless the people of Ukraine. End this war now! 🙏🇺🇦✌️

[@user-ys5rt7sr3p]

no

[@delta5263]

@@user-ys5rt7sr3p?

[@user-ys5rt7sr3p]

@@delta5263 ?

[@Madara_Uchiha69420]

This whole statue was broken so that Ukrainians symbolify " we don't wanna be friends with those Russians , being enemies and fighting with them is better" so yeah your comment is very ironic

[@delta5263]

@@user-ys5rt7sr3p what do you mean "no"? "No" as in "don't end this war"?

[@lowrhyan567]

They should have done it before.

[@keefmeister77]

Any way I could buy that head? It would look great in my yard covered with plants.

[@salahabdalla368]

What exactly did that achieve?

[@wilfordpadio7531]

ymm enraging the russian army and showing the world that ukranians dont care about their history to the point that they desecrated the statue of Zoya who fought the Nazis. so in short the Ukrainians today are somewhat Nazi's

[@masterofoffending3908]

Those who deny their past have no future.

[@COBVS]

Good

[@juanbarus2616]

Yes, a friend who bombed your home and kidnapping your children is a cannibal.

[@antoni1124]

here in poland we did it like 30 years ago.

[@winshonlyngkhoi4955]

Glory to Ukraine. Glory to God

[@darth3911]

Those who forget there past have no future. Ukraine is literally destroying its own history so how dose destroying history bring glory to God?

[@vojsavalagji323]

👌👌👌👌👌👌👌 Perfect...SLLAVA IKRAINA....❤❤❤❤

[@kirill6850]

Average Ukraine-enthusiast be like: can't spell the most famous slogan of the country. Can't even spell the country's name 😢

[@artur__21_sapphire]

Finally!

[@jennasy2010]

Glory to Ukraine 🇺🇦

[@user-ys5rt7sr3p]

Glory to Russia 🇷🇺

[@aashiqgamerxd9897]

@@user-ys5rt7sr3p GLORY TO RUSSIAN FEDERATION

[@FiqFake157]

glory to the tanks that has been destroyed with javelins!

[@mrinalkumar6895]

@@FiqFake157 glory to capitol hill .😂😂😂

[@just_dmitri3192]

@@user-ys5rt7sr3p bot

[@helio2942]

Make a monument to Azov heroically holding their own citizens hostage and trying to trade them for food 😀

[@0816M3RC]

Russia is far worse than the Azov Battalion.

[@helio2942]

@@0816M3RC You can put that in quotes at the bottom of the new statue.. plus this emoji 😤

[@rynanalextoysandtravel3166]

Praying for Ukraine

[@1vadimir]

You are praying to Nazis?

[@PiggyPutin]

@@1vadimirNazi = Putin 🐖

[@soundofaniimals]

their fight

[@polishmilk1677]

Based

[@user-yl3ky9rs1r]

не стыда и совести как они могут оскорблять жертвы которые сражались отдавали жизни.

[@Uran_KH-98]

Они считают лишь потери, а не тех, кто боролся за страну. И даже числа тех погибших, что боролись за все народы включая и России и Украины, перечисляют в числа якобы "мученников".

[@AN-rz7bs]

Какая может быть "дружба" когда вы гады бомбите города.

[@i9034]

@@AN-rz7bs ага, прям каждый идёт и бомбит :))

[@AN-rz7bs]

​@@i9034 Повторяю, это была статуя дружбы между Россией и Украиной. Но 2014 году, Россия анексировала, крым и развязала свои недореспублики. А 24 февраля 2022 года началось полномасштабное вторжение. И у меня вопрос: какая может быть дружба с теми, кто устроил резню в Буче, с теми кто уничтожил прекрасный город Мариуполь и до сих пор пытается добить людей в Азовстали, бомбит мой родной город Харьков, бомбит Изюм и многи другие города. Какая может быть дружба с теми, кто обзывают нас нацистами, холами, малоросами и вообще не считают нас народом. Какая может быть дружба с теми, кто грабит и мародёрит, какая может быть дружба с теми кто всю эту агрессию потдерживает? Да, в России есть и хорошие люди, например те, кто не побоялся выйти на митиг, некоторые блогеры: Кадц, Варламов и Хадарковский, те кто вступили в легион "Свобода России", и просто те, кто сочуствуют украинцам. Но в России всё же полно людей которые ярые патриоты путинисты, продажные певцы, люди промытые пропогандой, чиновники и те, кто пришёл убивать украинцев.

[@i9034]

@@AN-rz7bs на счет этого вы правы

[@oscarmanzanoserna3115]

Should've just removed it instead

[@robertbranscum6883]

I mean that's what they did

[@oscarmanzanoserna3115]

I meant without tearing it down, mainly because Russian propaganda will surely use that as an excuse to intensify the attacks

:( no

[@SealDaniel]

Mmmmm. They didn’t scream “Glory to Ukraine” 4 times. Wonder why it wasn’t translated correctly…… 🧐

[@bprogressive]

Because nazis are in Ukraine

[@ho-leesheet5923]

58sec bruh I heard nazi or am I deaf

[@LockeLynx]

I can't exactly blame the Ukrainian citizens for this, but this is going to make things worse to the point that all parties are beyond the point of negotiation, and escalate the war to the point where everyone will lose and die.

[@-Rambi-]

This is taking it to far is it, not the killing and worse that Russians have done for the last to months. Get out of here

[@SketchTurnerZero]

Yes, this is stupid AF

[@darthyoutube1914]

What negotiation? Putin doesn’t want to negotiate. He invaded them to take over violently. His motives are pretty clear.

[@froodtube]

It is already past that point. Russias stance is they want Ukraine to formally surrender and give Crimea, Mariupol, Donbas, and Luhansk to Russia, or else Russia will continue murdering Ukrainians and levelling their cities. Obviously if they don't give their country to Russia, they are Nationalist Ukrainian Nazis. This will be a temporary peace, because with all the anti-Russian sentiment Putin has created in Ukraine he can be sure Ukrainians will strive to push any pro-Russian Russian speaking nationals in Ukraine out.... which will be Putin's excuse to re-invade in a few years and demand that they give up even more land in exchange for him to stop murdering them. Ukraine's stance is they don't owe Russia anything, Ukraine is Ukraine and its territories defined by international law. Russia should stop murdering Ukrainians and leave these areas immediately. This includes Crimea, Luhansk, and Donbas. Once the Russian militaries leave these areas, the "Ukrainian Nationalists" that suddenly appeared after Russia militarilly occupied Ukraine and claimed it was part of Russia will just as mysteriously disappear, since they won't have any foreign armies on their soil anymore. If Russia does this Putin *might* be able to get out of a war crimes trial and Russia might not be forced to pay reparations. They are too far apart to even start anything meaningful.

[@-Rambi-]

@@darthyoutube1914 I swear to god, these people must be Russian assets.

[@fredgarvinMP]

Russia should have confiscated the statue in 2014.

[@boballen3066]

Looks like a piece of junk, good for them,

[@malindaallen718]

Slava Ukraini!

[@user-ys5rt7sr3p]

Slava Russia

[@zurdochileno3230]

🐽🐖🐷🇺🇦

[@yankees88888g]

Avg hitler fan

[@theodiscusgaming3909]

Herojam slava!

[@carmodelplaytime]

Slava Ukraine! 🇺🇦

[@m51souradiproy47]

Do anything , but don't destroy art , we indian faced the destruction of art 😢😢

[@NewNicator]

They've been doing this since 1991 lol

[@carved6749]

Took them long enough guess when the capitals being attacked you cant be tearing down statues

[@1000yardstares]

already been withdrawn bro

[@tmt8991]

Glory to Ukraine! Shame to Russia

[@themapar8891]

Слава России и болеорусии позор НАТО

[@poweredbynato6313]

👏 Stand strong Ukrainian people 💪

[@nikosgeorgakas184]

What "Ukrainian people"? The magority are Russians or Russian speaking and have nothing to do with NATO. This is all American driven.