Monument to Belarusians who died on Maidan and in the Donbas was unveiled in Kiev
A monument to Belarusians who sacrificed their lives during the events during the Euromaidan protests and military campaign in eastern Ukraine was unveiled in Kiev on Belarusian Street, 22. According to Novoye Vremya, the sculpture is made in the shape of a cross in the colors of the Belarusian national flag. The center of the sculpture is decorated with the Belarusian coat of arms, the so-called Pahonia emblem.
The Memorial is specifically devoted to three Belarusians: Michael Zhiznevsky, who died on the 22nd of January in 2014 and was killed by a sniper on Grushevsky Street; and Ales Cherkashin and Vitaly Tilizhenko, volunteers of a tactical group who fought in the Donetsk region and who were killed in battle near Starognatovka in August of 2015.
As previously reported, 135 criminal cases were initiated against citizens of Belarus who fought in the war in Ukraine.