A 10-meter tall statue of the nationalist Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA in Ukrainian) leader Roman Shukhevych was unveiled in Moscow’s Manezhnaya Square near the Kremlin on July 31. According to Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, the new monument is just one of the many “asymmetrical measures” his government promised in response to the Polish government, which recently announced its intention to remove Soviet WWII memorials on Polish territory.
StopFake: Moscow unveils Shukhevych monument in response to Poland’s removal of Soviet memorials
Commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army and Ukraine's disputed hero Roman Shukhevych.
