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ZAPORIZHIA - Vandals tore down and broke up a Lenin statue in the town of Huliaipole (Zaporizhia region) last night.

The report about the incident was received by police at 0.55 a.m. local time, a spokesperson for the Zaporizhia regional police said. “We have received a report that a broken-up Lenin statue was lying near the pedestal,” the police said.

An emergency team that travelled to the scene established that the monument was torn down without the use of a motor vehicle.