According to the UNIAN agency, the pedestal is located in a military town.
The incident is being investigated by law enforcement agencies.
“In case of confirmation of the crime, the information will be entered into the ERDR on the grounds of a criminal offense, part 2 of Art.
296 (hooliganism) ", - reported in the public relations department of the main department of the National Police in the Poltava region.
In addition, according to the police, at night unknown persons also tried to damage the monument to the "Youth of the 1920s and 1960s" in Lokhvitsa.
In February 2020, in the Mariinsky Park of Kiev, a 19-year-old young man with a friend poured greenery on a monument to General Nikolai Vatutin.