Liana Blikharska

Ukraine debates future of downed Soviet monuments

Published by Hurriyet on Tue, 02/13/2024 - 05:00

In Ukraine's westernmost city of Lviv, a statue of the first woman in space, Valentina Tereshkova, sprawls on the ground, red paint splashed around her helmet.

The region bordering the European Union claims it was the first in Ukraine to topple all its Soviet monuments, in a nationwide ouster of symbols glorifying Kremlin rule.