In Athens, unknown desecrated a monument to Soviet soldiers who died for the freedom and independence of Greece. This was announced on March 20 by the Russian Embassy in Athens.
The attackers wrote “Azov” (Ukrainian nationalist battalion) on the monument with yellow paint and drew the symbol of the battalion.
“Supporters of the Ukrainian nationalist battalion “Azov”, who for so many years terrorized and killed in cold blood the inhabitants of Eastern Ukraine, raised their hand to the sacred memory in Greece of the Soviet soldiers — those who liberated enslaved Europe from fascism in World War II with enormous sacrifices. We unequivocally condemn this immoral attempt to insult history and an unacceptable act of vandalism,” the embassy said in a statement.
The Russian diplomatic mission called on the Greek authorities to do everything necessary to investigate this incident and punish the vandals.
On March 15, in Bratislava, unknown people desecrated the Red Army memorial “Maly Slavin”. The monument was covered with paint.
On the night of March 3 in Bratislava, according to the information of the Russian Embassy in Slovakia, the Slavin military memorial complex was desecrated, and on the night of March 9, unknown people painted over the monument to the liberator soldier at the Memorial Cemetery of the Soldiers of the Soviet Army in the city of Svidnik, where more than 9 thousand soldiers. In connection with these acts, the Investigative Committee of Russia opened criminal cases.
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