RIA Novosti writes about this with reference to the Ukrainian edition of KharkivToday.

“Unidentified persons painted over the hammer and sickle on the monument near the monument to the Liberator Soldiers in Kharkov.

The granite stele is located at the corner of Nauki Avenue and August 23 Street.

On January 17, vandals desecrated a monument to Alexander Pushkin in Krivoy Rog, Ukraine.

* "Azov" - the organization was recognized as a terrorist organization by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of 08/02/2022.