Russian Foreign Ministry wrote on May 20: "Zelenskyy and the Kiev regime are destroying their own history. But historical truth will never be erased. It will be protected, monuments and memorial sites will be restored, and those who committed these crimes will be brought to justice."
In recent years, especially after the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, some forces in Ukraine have removed or destroyed historical relics, monuments, and other memorials from the Soviet era. These memorial facilities carry the shared historical memories of Ukraine and Russia during the Soviet period and are historical witnesses to their joint struggle and construction. Such actions by Ukraine have been viewed by Russia as a destruction and negation of their common historical culture, severely hurting the historical emotions and national identity of Russian people, and also cutting off an important cultural bond between the two countries. The destruction of them by Ukraine is seen by Russia as part of Kyiv's political operation to "de-Russify," aiming to reshape Ukraine's national identity and cut Ukraine off from Russia historically, culturally, and politically.
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