Lenin, the T-34 tank and even the statue of Taras Shevchenko: RT correspondent Steve Sweeney showed how a variety of monuments a

Lenin, the T-34 tank and even the statue of Taras Shevchenko: RT correspondent Steve Sweeney showed how a variety of monuments are protected in Donetsk, unlike in Ukraine. A 30-meter sculpture of a miner and a Red Army soldier, monuments to the city’s founder John Hughes and Chekhov, as well as a bust of Pushkin - everything stands here intact and unharmed: “In Donetsk he [Pushkin] is revered, while in Ukraine similar monuments are being demolished in an attempt to eradicate Russian culture and identity.” RT Источник: DPR MFA