Monument to the Soviet Army, Sofia

Tensions in front of the Monument to the Soviet Army on the occasion of the May 9 celebrations.

Early this morning, a drone poured yellow and blue paint on the monument, as a result of which volunteers gathered to clean up before the official guests from the traditional March of the Immortal Regiment arrived at the scene.

The monument to the Soviet Army in Sofia turned out to be under double guard on Friday night against Saturday.

The monument to the Soviet army in the capital Sofia will be wrapped with the flags of Bulgaria and Ukraine.

This will happen on Wednesday, and the action is organized by the civic initiative, which is fighting for the dismantling of MOCHA/MORM (Monument to the Occupying Red Army - the alternative name of the Monument to the Soviet Army).

(MENAFN - The Conversation) Decades after the fall of the communist regimes in Eastern Europe, Soviet World War II monuments continue to arouse significant controversy in many former Eastern Bloc countries where they are either being dismantled by law or vandalised by activists.

After many protests against its dismantling, the monument "1300 years of Bulgaria" was finally dismantled, a reporter at BGNES reported.

The figures which has been removed are going  to be restored and preserved as exhibits at the National Museum of History.