A pro-Russian group in Ukraine calling itself the Kharkiv Partisans issued a threat this week to execute five Ukrainian citizens for every Soviet monument torn down as part of recent laws passed by the Ukrainian Parliament. The laws ban Soviet and Nazi imagery and order that all related monuments be removed or destroyed, Newsweek reported on April 16. The group said that each monument "equals about five Ukrops," using a derogatory term for Ukrainians.
International Business Times: Pro-Russia terror group threatening to kill Ukrainians if Soviet monuments are toppled
Communal workers remove the toppled Soviet-era memorial for Nikolai Rudnev in Kharkiv on April 11.
