Goodbye Lenin, Ukrainian Nationalists Topple Lenin Statue in Kharkiv.

MS TU, In Kharkiv – Ukraine’s second-largest city, anti-Russian protesters pulled down and destroyed a 28 feet tall statue of Lenin. A crowd that had gathered cheered and chanted patriotic slogans as the statue was felled, with some protestors then taking photographs from inside the statue and using hammers to break away pieces as souvenirs. The following morning a starkly contrasting picture was to be seen in Kharkiv’s Freedom Square. Unaware of the night’s events Pro-Russian members of the public and others offended by the way the statue had been torn down, began to scrub graffiti and place flowers on the granite pedestal to show their respect for the former Soviet icon shot on September 29th, 2014 in Kharkov, Ukraine. (Footage by Jeremy Hogan)