Classic war monument at Mother
Photo: Jae C. Hong/AP/TT

Classic war monument at Mother Ukraine statue damaged in Kyiv

A museum at the giant Mother Ukraine statue in Kyiv has been damaged in Russia's latest attack.

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According to Culture Minister Tetiana Berezhna, a museum building at the foot of the statue was damaged. The 102-meter-high statue was erected in 1981 as a monument to those who fell in World War II and is a well-known symbol of Kyiv.

"Symbolic and cynical at the same time: the attacker strikes a memorial site dedicated to the fight against fascism in the 20th century, thereby repeating the crimes of the 21st century," Tetiana Berezhna writes on Facebook, according to the Interfax-Ukraine news agency.

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AuthorTT News AgencyEnglish edition by Sweden Herald, adapted for our readers
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