The police arrived at the monument to Lesya Ukrainka in Moscow on Ukrainsky Boulevard, where people bring flowers in memory of the victims of a rocket attack on a residential building in the Dnieper. OVD-Info reports four detainees.
Security forces detained two people who were laying flowers. The other two detainees were nearby. Now all four are in the police car.
Among the detainees there is a woman who came to the monument with a dog. According to SOTA , the woman was just walking. "OVD-Info" reports that she came to lay flowers. The security forces forced her into the car, and left the dog on the street.
According to an eyewitness, the police were called by activists of the pro-Kremlin movement SERB, who had previously arrived at the spontaneous memorial.
On January 16, at the monument to Lesya Ukrainka, Muscovites organized a spontaneous memorial in memory of the victims of the Russian missile strike in the Dnieper. Flowers and toys are brought to the monument, a framed photo of the destroyed house was placed at the foot, The Insider correspondent reported.
On January 14, during another massive strike on Ukraine, a Russian missile hit a multi-storey residential building in the Dnieper, completely destroying two entrances. 45 people died , including six children. Rescuers continue clearing debris.
A representative of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said that the house was hit by a Kh-22 missile launched by a Tu-22M3 bomber from the Kursk region or from the Sea of Azov. Ukrainian air defense cannot shoot down these missiles. Three days of mourning has been declared in the city.
