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Protesters knocked down a statue of Vladimir Lenin on Dec.8 as outrage mounted over the Ukrainian government's push for closer ties with Russia.

A crowd of cheering protesters chanted “Good job” after the statue fell in Kiev’s Bessarabska Square.

Some pounded the monument
with hammers, leaving pieces of the statue scattered on the ground.
Only parts of the Soviet hero’s legs remained at the base. A man waving a
Ukrainian flag stood atop the pedestal beside them.

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