30 Sep 2014 20:30

Yet another Lenin monument torn down in Kharkiv region

KHARKIV. Sept 30 (Interfax) - Another Lenin monument has been damaged in the city of Izyum, Kharkiv region.

"A report was received at around 4 a.m. (on Tuesday) that a monument installed outside the House of Culture of the Izyum locomotive-repairing plant was damaged. The law enforcers who travelled to the scene found the lower part of the monument in place and the top part lying about. The information about the incident has been entered in the uniform register," the Kharkiv Regional Police spokesperson told Interfax.

This is the third case of a Lenin monument demolished since last Sunday. It was reported that one was torn down in Freedom Square in Kharkiv on Sunday night and another in Dergachi in the early hours of Monday.