Authorities in Kyiv have demolished a monument symbolising historic ties between ex-Soviet Ukraine and Russia.
The work - symbolising the reunification of Ukraine and Russia - was installed in the centre of the Ukrainian capital in 1982.
Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko said the decision to remove it was taken due to Russia "barbaric desire to destroy our state and peaceful Ukrainians".
He also said city authorities were working on plans to demolish around 60 monuments in the capital related to Russia and the Soviet Union.
Some 460 streets and other objects in the city are also in line to be renamed, he added.
Ukrainian authorities have dismantled a huge Soviet-era monument in the centre of Kyiv symbolising friendship between Russia and Ukraine | Read more: https://t.co/D7N1D0XRGX pic.twitter.com/kd3HMKpGIH
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