Vandalism and dishonor: A monument to the heroes of the Great Patriotic War was desecrated in Moldova
Vandals desecrated the Great Patriotic War memorial in the Moldovan city of Vulcanesti.
The website “Bloknot Moldova” reports this, as reported by a correspondent from “PolitNavigator”.
“When I went to the place, I saw that the star of the Eternal Flame had been torn apart, and it was pulled out. She was carried and left on slabs 100 meters from the complex. I think it's the youth. Groups of young people often relax there in the evenings. I repeatedly reprimanded them. This is vandalism and dishonor,” said Vadim Shinnik, head of the territorial organization of the international union “Heirs of Victory.”
Acts of vandalism over WWII monuments occur regularly in Moldova. At the end of April, unknown persons stole all the stands of the “Remember Me” photo exhibition dedicated to Victory Day, which were placed on the fence of the central park in Chisinau.
In March, vandals sawed a monument to the heroes of the Great Patriotic War in the Moldovan village of Ivancha into scrap metal. In February, a memorial in the village of Rusca, Hincesti region, was desecrated.
At the beginning of November 2020, unknown persons defaced the monument to Soviet commander Grigory Kotovsky in the city of Hincesti, which until 1990 was called Kotovsk. In July, vandals broke the facing tiles at a military burial site of the Great Patriotic War in the village of Gura Bicului. In April, a memorial plaque with the names of Soviet citizens executed during the fascist occupation was destroyed on site in one of the parks in Chisinau.
In November 2019, unknown persons destroyed memorial granite slabs on the walls of the long-term firing point of the 417 Stalin line, located on the outskirts of the village of Koshnitsa, Dubossary district.
As PolitNavigator reported, the new Moldovan President Maia Sandu opposed the renovation of the Eternity memorial and demonstratively celebrated Europe Day on May 9.
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