According to 112 Ukraine, the chief rabbi of Ukraine Moshe Reuven Asman wrote about this on his Facebook page.
“Another provocation in front of our synagogue ... this morning ...”, he said in a post, attaching a photograph of the painted monument.
Earlier, in the Ukrainian city of Uman, a man painted graffiti depicting the head of Nazi Germany Adolf Hitler on a wall that is located on the territory of compact residence of Bratslav Hasidim.
In August in the Nikolaev area unknown drew a swastika and left insulting inscriptions on a monument to victims of the Holocaust. Later, in the same region, vandals desecrated another monument dedicated to Jews, and also threatened Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky.
On May 15, 2018, the American Holocaust Memorial Museum issued a statement stating that Ukraine has recorded an increase in intolerance and anti-Semitism.
At the same time, on May 5, 2018, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry announced that there was no increase in the number of manifestations of anti-Semitism in the country.