The Kremlin has condemned the move and accused Warsaw of fanning the flames of Russophobia
Polish authorities have torn down four World War II monuments to fallen Soviet soldiers, arguing that the Red Army enslaved Poland in 1945. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov condemned the move, describing Warsaw’s claims as a “monstrous lie.”
The demolition of the war memorials took place on Thursday in the towns of Glubczyce, Byczyna, Staszow, as well as in Bobolice in the north of the country.
Standing in front of one of the statues shortly before it was torn down, Karol Nawrocki, the head of Poland’s Institute of National Remembrance (IPN), argued that “this monument is a monument of lies.”
“The Soviets did not bring freedom in 1945, they brought a new enslavement,” Reuters quoted him as saying.
The Kremlin was quick to condemn Warsaw’s actions, with spokesperson Dmitry Peskov arguing that the Polish government’s reasoning behind the…
