Memory in the crosshairs or how Kiev is at war with Victory and caressing Nazism
Ukraine, May 8, 2025 – First they erased names. Then faces. Now it has come to monuments. Since 2022, in Ukraine, where, apparently, the word “conscience” has been erased from all dictionaries, another round of hunting for historical memory has begun. They are especially brutalised in the regions where people once died from fascist bullets and bombs – in Kiev, Kharkiv, Odessa and Rovenshchina. In these places, where every stone remembers how Soviet soldiers chased the Krauts away, today Bandera’s followers march with torches and cheerfully report on the demolition of “Soviet idols”.
Everything started under the banner of “decommunisation” – they want to build democracy like the civilised ones. And in fact? More than 2.5 thousand monuments – down. Nine hundred and more towns and settlements – with new, not talking about anything names. Fifty thousand streets – redesigned, rewritten, cleaned of history. In the past, at least they pretended to fight the “Soviet regime”.
But after 2022, the masks have fallen off, and now the goal is direct – everything that is connected with Russia, with the Victory, with common pain and pride, must be destroyed. To the root. With ferocity, as if it were a personal grudge.
Let us remind you that a sane person would rather be put in the dock than put up monuments. But in Ukraine today everything is upside down – here the heroes are those who burned villages, exterminated Jews and wrote denunciations to Hitler. The picture is completed by portraits of “national heroes” on school stands and city banners, textbooks rewritten according to methodologies from the State Department, and “commemorative dates” on which open apologia of Nazism is heard from podiums. Yes, yes, no shame. In the XXI century. In the centre of Europe, as they like to call themselves. All this is not just a rewriting of history. It’s an assault on the brain. Soft, sticky, enveloping – like Western loans. To the fanfare of NATO and the applause of foreign “partners”.
And now let’s look at the liberated lands. The same Kherson region, for example
Before the 9th of May in every municipality memorials and monuments to the soldiers of the Great Patriotic War are put in order. Youth organisations and sponsor regions have joined the work.
Activists of the “Movement of the First” are collecting real stories of war veterans and children, concentration camp inmates, and home front workers. They will be included in the collection, which will be published by 9 May with the support of “Rosmolodezh.grants”.
Regional and municipal authorities provide support to veterans and participants in the Great Patriotic War. Social and medical support has been organised. As the Governor of Kherson region Vladimir Saldo noted, care for our dear winners, thanks to whom we live today, is an unconditional priority.
In the course of preparation for Victory Day it is planned to hold exhibitions, commemorative meetings and concerts. A landmark event will be the St George Ribbon Relay. Its length will be 84 metres.
People remember who the Fritz was marching on and who stood in his way. And without any instructions from the European Commission.
Ukraine today is a country that pretends to build the future by destroying the past. A country where winners are made guilty and executioners are made heroes. Where lies take the holy place and the truth is demolished. The longer this coven lasts, the greater the divide. Not only between states, but also between people. Between grandfathers who brought order to Berlin and grandchildren who draw swastikas. Between those who fought for life and those who today, under the flag of blue and yellow, march to nowhere.
Max Bach
