'They Hate Us': Taking Down The Statue To Russian-Ukrainian Friendship In Kyiv
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- čas přidán 26. 04. 2022
- Work has begun in Kyiv on dismantling a monument celebrating Russian-Ukrainian Friendship. The sculptures were erected in 1982, but Kyiv Mayor Vitaly Klichko has now ordered their removal. One set of statues were taken down on April 26.
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As the mayor of Kyiv said, referring to the statue's dismantling: "You don't rape your sister, you don't kill your brother."
Powerful words!
Damn that a power statement, It makes me see Russia that more vile and insidious than ever.
Turn these monstrosities into artillery shells and send them back to Mother fkn Russia.
In fact, for Russians, this is usually in their cities and villages among the main population below the poverty line.
He's absolutely right Kyiv has a great mayor
It was a cynical Soviet-era monument. Russians viewed Ukrainians as brothers as long as Russia was always the big brother making the rules.
technically Russia is the elder being that the people of Ukraine dont have Ukraine DNA , they have the same DNA as Russians. Idiots!
I bet the 'Three Sisters' monument might be next for possible removal if not yet official.
You mean as long as the Russians had their boots on their necks and made them work for free and staved them when they resisted
@E exactly what I was thinking, how can you call yourself a brother if you invaded and slaughtered your own kin, and expecting nothing in retaliation ??
Russian Ops in Ukraine
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A Forced friendship in fear isn’t friendship.
Ukraine dismantled the Statute of Russian-Ukrainian Friendship ... actual Russian-Ukrainian friendship was dismantled by Russia.
it was the US who funded the coup in 2014 that dismantled the friendship.. get you facts right kid
You meant to write: "..was dismantled by USA..."
@@stas-peterschmitz3200 No, I didn't, Russian shill.
@@stas-peterschmitz3200 Lie a bit more.
@@stas-peterschmitz3200 yeah right. In Russian propaganda maybe.
Forget Russia in Ukraine us European countries will be your friends. From a Uk supporter.
I like the sentiment of the folks on the scene. It is their business and expresses their sentiments.
I hope they put that monument in a museum of Ukraine-Russia's 2022 war. It's not appropriate for the monument to be out in the open, but it could de be used in context, to better explain the depth of Russian betrayal of the Ukraine people.
When Ukraine is annexed will build a much better monument to the defeat of Azov
@@z6445 you okay russian bot?
@@z6445 Nice Zwastika
It is their ignorance and expresses their barbarism.
We salute Ukraine brave soldiers and people
i think u r rich person
because i observed that pitty people from our nation india symbolizes putin as reformer.
they hate ukraine
i think war is unjustifed at any cost and russia have to pay every single cost for this and their generations also
Well done you done the right thing imagine walking past that everyday
I'd say this in my head, "The end of an era, and it's right in front of me."
When I worked for DOD I had to see this huge pic of an orange Cheeto in our hall … EVerydamnday…😭
My friend worked for the IRS and said his picture never made it up there after the Obama one came down … they just left a hook with a bare spot 😂..
Orange Cheeto is the ONLY president BTW that I can remember where his official picture for hanging in all federal and DOD offices had to be re taken 😂.
I mean when he first took office it was a really hawkish look he had … it was “ABSOLUTELY ridiculous” looking . There it was him looking like The angry eagle , and the Generals and top SESrs smiling in their individual pics all around him 🙄.
So he had the pic retaken , all those taken down, and replaced with one of him smiling …
That way , just looked “ridiculous.”
Perhaps when the war is over, they will put up a new monument symbolizing the friendship between Ukraine and the countries of the free world who supported it
I support this 100%!
Ukraine will need a "statue of liberty" something to represent the freedom they are fighting so hard to gain.
@@Michael_919 They've only recently started delivering heavy/offensive weapons, a lot of countries have been sending defensive weapons to Ukraine since the first week of the war.
It will thrn be a free nato country. But it needs to stay out of the eu and start Fracking for gas
How about a monument like the new stamp of a Ukrainian soldier giving the Moskva the middle finger? They could even make the Moskva appear to be on fire and sinking.
Truly amazing strength of the Ukrainian people. Slava Ukraini.
Fuck off Ukrainia....
Heroyam slava! ✊🏻
The only thing to do. Very good Ukraine 👍.
You should take away everything from soviet time.
Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦 ♥
It was time. People of #Ukraine is totally right. VICTORY to #Ukraine and its people!!!
Z! It is time they are taught a lesson
@@z6445 They already learned that naZi Russia needs to be defeated. What else do you have to teach them?
@@elephantintheroom5678 Ignorant view of history
@@elephantintheroom5678 Russia is filled with envy and hate, they despise being Russian, so they try to destroy everything that is not...they can not rise up against their own oppressors, so they seek to enslave others. It must be so hard to be faced with being worth nothing to the people that run your country, that they call you cannon fodder to their ambition.
@@z6445 and what lesson is that
We respect Ukraine brave soldiers and people
The best ONCE AND FOR ALL DECISION🏆🏆🏆🌹🌹🌹.
Viva Great Ukraine🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🏆🏆🏆🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻.
Ukraine is your neighbour and deserves the same rights as any nation of the free world
Putin must go for all of us who live for peace ….victory for Ukraine 🇺🇦 🇬🇧
Gb must go from Gibraltar,Malvinas,Malta,Cyprus,dont need Gb base
Too bad for a great sculpture...
Putin is a monster.
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Slava Ukrajini!!!
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Heroyem slava!!!💛💙
Pozdrav iz Hrvatske!!!
good for them , russia wants an enemy at its boarder - well they got that and more! people dont take shit from bullies anymore
“There’s no more friendship They hate us!”
Spot on and there never was any genuine friendship between Ukraine and Russia - Russia just acts as a bully intent on erasing Ukraine …SLAVA🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦💙💛💙💛💙💛🌻
Powerful and symbolic, potentially prophetic. Off with his head!
I absolutely understand this.
Goodbye Russia!!!
"With friends like that, who needs enemies??"
Canada stands with Ukraine.
Surprising the local farmers hadn't towed it away already, like they do with the other Russian crap they find.
Go Ukraine!
The free world is disgusted by Russia's actions too. So glad they took that crap down. Shame on Russia!. They must pay for these horrible actions!. Much love to the people of Ukraine 💕💕💕💕💕
Yes, this perfect. But now, look at that - czcams.com/video/tHhGEiwCHZE/video.html
Im russian and I'm never forgive you, an*mals!
Do you think that this is Russian propaganda, that Putin just came up with all this, but even the BBC has been talking about it for 8 years, but now for some reason they have changed their shoes. Why is this? because of you, sheep, they make Nazis who will hate all Russians and everything connected with them. But, sooner or later, the truth will come to the surface and you will apologize for all this nonsense that you believed and spread. Glory to Ukraine as part of Russia!
Much hellish for American aggression on the middle East
Russian Ops in Ukraine
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@@team_valentina_officiel3541 You are wasting your time. People are totally retarded. Someone screamed about a country they don't know... they follow.
They just follow the current thing.
Tomorrow will be the alaskan penguins, they will scream for the penguins (and ukraine will be magically erased from their heads).
When you go to Moscow please visit the beautiful Kievskaya metro station with its mosaics showing grateful and happy Ukrainians. Well, it is clear now that long time ago Ukrainians changed those expressions of gratitude to the "brotherly" russian people.
And even at the moment the mosaics were created, Ukrainians had little to thank Russians for as a famine that killed 3 million Ukrainians took place in the thirties.
Dictatorships survive only by burying truth and feeding the people a constant stream of lies.
When you go to Moscow be quick about it.
I'd suggest dropping the remains on the statue on top of the Moskva's landing site for the marine posterity.
Love and respect Ukrainians for their courage and determination to fight for their homeland and freedom. Best wishes and hopes for Ukraine to become strong independent and prosperous country.
Ideas are much more powerful than weapons. We don't allow our enemies to have weapons, why should we allow them to have ideas?
Joseph Stalin 🤔
*Salute. Glory Ukraine.*
In part of Russia
This monument had to be dismantled in 2014 after the annexation of Crimea and the beginning of the war in Donbass. Finally they did.
Surprised the guy's comment: "sorry the work of people who created the monument." What about the people who were killed by Russia, are not sorry?
It was probably Ukrainian people who built the statue in the first place, I think he just meant it's unfortunate for it to be destroyed since it looked nice.
Not sure why you compare the builders to russian soldiers.
Destroying a statue doesn't bring back the dead. Doesn't change history. It is a piece of history, good or bad.
If they could melt that statue and use the metal for new projectiles to shoot at Russia - that would be the perfect irony
Його треба було прибрати ще в 91р...
The time for Brotherhood is over! Friendship? That’s over after you commit Genocide.
that Gen Z dude at 0:36 has the wisdom and temperament of a 75-year-old.
Truly,his words did resonate with me for some reason, "Someone worked hard to make that" and "Its a symbol of our historical heritage".. Got a good head there👍
@@Treetimedragons Yep. Which is why i'm not a fan of the removal of post-Civil War era monuments in Deep South states. They serve as a stark reminder that people can truly be full of shit, and the current generation should always be reminded of that.
@@zoso73 I feel the same way.. Exactly as this dude "I know they were horrible people" but we need to remember what atrocities we've(humanity) has done so they never happen again. At least thats how I feel.
Good! Get rid of it!
Sad but necessary. Friendship and cooperation should be the halmark of nations. Unfortunately Russia has shown historically and currently they are simply unwilling to work together. I imagine it will be another century before any meaningful trust can be earned again. This is on you Russia.
I doubt that any friendship between Russia and Ukraine will ever happen no matter how much time pass this is unforgivable and Ukraine is in just rights to never forgive Russia
I can hear the Russians crying from here
The only Russians who would give a toss over this would be the ones who oppose the war and Putin.
kid in the green striped shirt.. future of humanity
Not deserve the kindness,the love of ukranian,.russian people specially pro putin not worthy to called brother..
Yes!
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*GLORY UKRAINE* ✊🇺🇦💪🇺🇦
Chop it up and sell it on e-bay. Or drop it from a plane onto the Kremlin. 🤣
Put a statue of a middle finger and a Russian ship.
I understand taking it down. It's time and it represents a lie, because obviously there's no friendship there.
And yet... I have many happy memories where this monument is. How do I express the absolute mind-f*ck of knowing that Ukraine of my childhood is gone, that the kids i knew 20 years ago are probably welding guns and dying.
Yeah take the monument down...
I recommend a new momentum of the Ukrainian people conquering over the invaders.
I'm Irish and it is sad the huge division between Russians and Ukrainians caused by this horrible war. It will poison the hearts for generations. A complete act of madness
That poison started 80 years before,Putin just refreshed memory.A man of KGB ans still have a KGB mind.
Two different situations my Irish friend. Your Island was divided unjustly whereas the ukrainians was their own Nation and not ever a part of Russia.
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No More Russification and Russian Languages in Belarus and Ukraine
SAVE SPEAKING BELARUSIAN AND UKRAINIAN ⚪🔴⚪🤝🇺🇦
SLAVA UKRAINE 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🌻🌻🌻✊✊✊☦
LONG LIVE BELARUS ⚪🔴⚪✊❤✌
What purpose does the statue hold when Russia rapes, pillages and murders the innocent of Ukraine? On the lighter side of things, Ukranian women are beautiful. Slava Ukraini!
Love and support for Ukraine! You will be free and independent! 💙💛
Russia ruins everything. I have spent a lot of time there and speak fluent Russian, I've thought for a long time that it is like the kind of cartoon character where flowers die as it passes by, it is a poisonous country with far too much power for the lack of positive influence it has to offer. In 1991 we should have just moved the iron curtain a 1000 km eastwards and tried to forget about them.
你好，請在影片下方說明處，加入文字說明影片的詳細內容，因為我聽不懂你們的語言，謝謝
Done with such great respect for themselves and dignity. If this was in Russia it would have been bombed or something.
Solidarity with Ukraine!
Ukraine heroically resists the russian aggressor.
The real enemy of Russia is in Moscow, sitting on the throne.
Russian soldier, go back to your country and end the tyranny!
Glory to Ukraine Slava Ukrayini
The guy who said “they didn’t do anything good for our people” is 100 percent correct, communism is the worst thing to happen to our species
Russia isn't communist. It is just another dictatorship.
Communism never occurred in the supposedly _Socialist_ Soviet Union. Also, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea isn't democratic.
OK, relax; there are plenty of things plaguing humanity worse than communism
@@grmpEqweer And nether did socialism
@E
Churchill starved 3 million Bengalis. It wasn't even totally necessary for the war effort. He displayed a loathing for Indians.
Anyway, capitalism kills.
Capitalism lets about 14 million people a year die because it isn't profitable to feed them, vaccinate them, or provide them with water free of waterborne diseases.
... Authoritarianism would seem to be the problem. But in authoritarianism, I include private companies.
They are absolutely authoritarian power structures; we've had corporations instigate the overthrow of sovereign nations. 😳
They should replace it with the Ukrainians war heroes monument.
Should have kept the statue and added something to remind coming generations of who the russian leaders really are......russia is divided, many russians hate this war. So kreml has 2 problems to solve, the problem in their own backyard and the ukraine fighters that will never surrender or give up
Everything Russian needs removed. In Prague they changed all the streets with Russian names already...
1000% agree.
Based!
Yes rewrite history, that definitely is the moral thing to do.
@@johnmcternan4157 They can put it back in a museum or sent it back to russia but it shouldnt be standing as an afront to the people in such a place, put something else there. same with the rest of Europe down with the soviet monuments.
Okay then how about all of those nations also change their flags from the pan-slavic colours?
Good I'm glad you're doing it send Russia a message that the friendship and the brotherhood is over for their traitorous backstabbing and horrific actions committing war crimes against you guys. Glory to Ukraine 🇺🇦💪🇺🇦 Victory is yours 🇺🇦. Isolation and defeat to Russia may they never prosper.
Who is the statue of?
Russia has lost everyone’s respect.
I hope the melt it down to make ammo!
Make shells out of the bronze, and regift it back to Russia!!!!!
I love that last lady
Someone was forced to work hard on it*
Das wurde auch Zeit
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Melt it down and make AFVs.
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Disrespectful to the history, trying to forget it. One don't start new era from a scratch
Glory to Ukraine! 🇺🇦
I hope they dont destroy it but store it in a museum i understand that they pull it down but in my opinion history both good and evil must be preserved for future generations.
So sad yet all they say is true how can one country destroy another how could Putin kill Ukrainians sowing terror and destructions, death mourns the living...the sorrows and grieves that Ukraine is experiencing each day and night is like a terrible nightmare yet they stand together united forever such is the will of a great nation! Slava Ukraine!
Tbh Russia has technically commit the 4th conflict this time with two Centuries lmao
if only 4th
What can the metal be used for? Tensil stretch tests at schools?
0:35 I agree with this guy. BUT I'm not Ukrainian.
0:38 fr this guy looks like Karl from Mrbeast
Suggestion is to re-use the metal of the 'monument' in the war against Nazi Russia. Put it to good use against the Russian facists. Slava Ukraine! 🇺🇦🇺🇦
They are communists
Good
We should do this in germany as well. Bring 'em down!
TBH, they should have left the monument standing. And replace the communist logo with a big fat logo of NATO.
Better to have ART that inspires all ages not just the past and a painful era. We have the same issues overseas (Native Americans still treated like 'mascots', etc) it's time to move on. Build something beautiful in it's place, check out the sculpture "Dignity" in South Dakota (you have plenty of heroes in Ukraine for inspiration) USA for a more modern idea. Time to 'detox' from the past.
Trash Panda, have you visited the site where work is being done for the Crazy Horse monument? I hope to see it someday, but I don't know if it will be completed in my lifetime.
The people of EU are Ukrainians friend. These people are totally welcome anytime.
Self distruction nation.
After annexation of Krimea they should take this down.
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Obviously good people believed and hoped for good relationships.
In vain.
This war is just like the story of Cain and Abel who killed his own brother without mercy just to get honour infront of the whole world.“ For what profitis it to a man if he gains the whole world and lose his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?.
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сразу видно добротно сделано, в СССР! болгаркой не пилится)))) еще бы с перочинным ножиком ковырялся))) наверное поставят памятник Микки Маусу))
уж лучше Микки Маусу , чем нацикам совка/рашки
@@Dielock123 у нас нет нациков
@@user-qe2ni5id6f Конечно, в нацисткой германии тоже нациков не было, именно поэтому они шли в другие страны
@@Dielock123 давайте разберёмся тогда в опредеделениях. кто такие, по вашему, нацики?
@@user-qe2ni5id6f ты это себя должна спрашивать, а не меня. Ведь в рашке же министерство правды и они знают лучше всех что как и где, когда их даже нет в тех или иных местах
THESE ARE STARTLING LEARNING MOMENTS. I DIDN'T KNOW THEIR RELATIONSHIPS WITH EACH OTHER IS REALLY COLD BLOODED.
Look up the Holodomor.
Stalin was a really horrible person, IMO responsible for strangling most of the positive potential out of the revolution.
Look up the word Holodomor.
And look up the history of Crimea in the Stalinist era.
They were so cold-blooded until Putin's invasion. Now, there is no going back. Which is sad.
Put the statue in a Museum
If we win when war is over, maybe replace it with statue of Zelensky for defending Ukraine? Ukraine deserves to have its own monument of freedom and heroism, not soviet-based brand that was ruled by tyrants
Ukraine will win, the free world is counting on it!
Zelenskiy isn’t exactly a model president himself. He may have led his country during this invasion and war but he’s still a bit of a sleaze and clown.
If I were ukranian I would be happy to remove that monument from my city...
Старий і дитина трималися за руки
І пішли разом зустрічатися увечері
Червоний пил піднявся
І сонце світило невірним світлом.
Величезна рівнина, здавалося, прибула
Наскільки могло бачити людське око
І навколо нікого не було:
Тільки похмурі контури димових веж
Двоє йшли, день випав,
Старий заговорив і тихенько вигукнув:
З відсутньою душею, з мокрими очима,
Пам'ять про минулі міфи слідувала
Старі страждають від руйнівної дії років,
Вони не можуть сказати правду зі снів,
Старі не знають, у своєму мисленні,
Відрізнити хибне від істинного уві сні
І сказав старий, дивлячись убік:
«Уявіть, що це покрито пшеницею,
Уявіть собі фрукти та уявіть квіти
І думати про голоси та думати про квіти
І в цій рівнині, як далеко вона заблукає,
Дерева виросли, і все було зеленим,
Дощ йшов, сонця відмічені
Ритм людини і пори року»
Дитина стояла нерухомо, погляд був сумний,
І очі дивилися на речі, яких раніше не бачили
І тоді він сказав старому мрійливим голосом:
"Я люблю казки, розповідай іншим!" (Кочівники)czcams.com/video/kzxcEjQYbO4/video.html
De-Stalinisation!
That statue's days were numbered when Putler ordered his invasion. Slava Ukraini!
Ukraine Moldova Georgia needs to FORGE A NEW FRIENDSHIP based on defence and economic UPGRADATION WITH A BREAKNECK SPEED.......
This war shows that the sooner you break links with Soviet and Russian ties, the better. Make your own identity, like France or Italy or basically majority of Western countries.
I'm from Russia and I was really upset about that fact. Not because Ukranians did that. I'm upset that we've lost a friendship with Ukraine because of Putin and his army. I hate the thing that many Russians support Putin and don't know the truth about violence and murders. I want to back to that times when we were good friends with Ukranian people. I really want war to finish. I really want Ukrainian people to be safe. Shame on everyone who support this war!