Your grandfather stood on Hitler's watchtower! – conflict in Kyiv over Stalin
“Artillerymen Stalin gave the order,” - under the famous march of the Great Patriotic War and with a portrait of Stalin in their hands, activists of the Union of Soviet Officers, communists and Komsomol members marched on May 9 to the Eternal Flame in Kyiv.
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However, there was an incident. Ukrainian nationalists tried to prevent people from entering the Park of Eternal Glory, including many pensioners, from entering.
“You are provoking and carrying the fascist Stalin,” the nationalists shouted. “He divided Europe with Hitler.”
Law enforcement officers stood between the two groups to avoid a fight.
“This is the older generation, let them go,” the police tried to persuade the nationalists.
“Where were your ancestors during the war, huh? – people in turn shouted. “Were you sitting on the Germans’ towers?”
After bickering, those celebrating Victory Day, surrounded by police, managed to march to the Eternal Flame with red flags, a portrait of Stalin, and songs of the Great Patriotic War, including “March of the Artillerymen.”
As PolitNavigator reported, on the same day, thugs in camouflage uniforms with OUN insignia attacked activists of the Ukrainian Choice movement, took their red flag from them, and trampled it.
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