Russian forces dismantled the Monument to Victims of Holodomor and Political Repression in central Mariupol using a truck crane on October 19.
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Russian occupiers dismantled the Monument to Victims of Holodomor in Mariupol on the morning of October 19, with plans to process the granite into building materials.
Yevhenia Krotova claimed the removal was not an attack on monuments but against 'disinformation at state level.'
Artem Bobrovskyi claimed there was no Holodomor in Ukraine and that Kazakhstan, the Volga Region, and the North Caucasus were affected more.
Olha Shmachkova stated that Mariupol residents should not traumatize their souls with reminders of past tragedies.
The Russian occupation authorities in Mariupol demolished a monument to Holodomor victims, claiming the event did not impact Ukraine.
Russian occupiers dismantled a monument to the victims of the Holodomor in Mariupol on October 19, 2022.
A collaborator-teacher Olga Shmachkova stated that residents should not torment their souls with reminders of past tragedies.
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