Kyiv authorities on Tuesday began taking down a Soviet-era monument celebrating friendship with Russia more than two years into an invasion by Moscow which has cost tens of thousands of lives.Ukraine, which gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, has for years been taking down Soviet-era monuments and has re-named many towns and cities to restore their pre-Soviet names.
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Russian occupation authorities in Ukraine’s temporarily occupied territories (TOT) are employing an information campaign designed to fabricate support for the occupation, the Center for National Resistance (CNR) reported on Dec. 5.
lions build at the border. those eligible desperate for a way out. i am afraid to be mobilized. i don t want to participate in this war. i decided to escape. russian forces struggled after stunning advances by ukrainian fighters taking back huge swaths of territory and millions of dollars worth of russian equipment. this soldier says, we will prepare this tank and use it to cut down more russians. determined to tighten its grip on the areas it still controls, the kremlin held referendums on russian rule. ukraine and western allies called those votes a sham, neither fair nor free. this video appears to show poll workers going door to door with ballots accompanied by armed soldiers. in mariupol, voters went to the polls amid the some who escaped the ruins are now living in kyiv, disgusted