Sarkozy's adviser calls the EU's silence on the demolition of monuments in Ukraine contradictory. Earlier, the authorities of the Lviv region announced the completion of “decommunization.” Also in the Nemyshlyansky district of Kharkov, busts of Soviet era figures were dismantled on the Komsomol Alley.
In addition, he emphasized that today in Ukraine statues are erected, stadiums and avenues are named in honor of Ukrainian nationalists who collaborated with the Nazis during World War II.