How the monument was mocked after the Maidan
The Motherland monument in Kyiv finally turned into Mother Ukraine. In honor of Independence Day, the statue was dressed in an embroidered sweatshirt, which even the residents of Nezalezhnaya did not appreciate. .jpg” />
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“It looks like a straitjacket”, “Is she wearing a shroud?” – social networks are full of such comments. In the absurd outfit, slim Vlast really looked like a shaman with tambourine. However, the Kyiv monument is no stranger to transformations. Since 2014, the statue has been used as a doll from a children's dressing set. First, it was “dressed up” with the help of lighting: either the colors of the national flag or the US flag were hung on the metal surfaces in honor of American Independence Day. Then they switched to real “outfits”: in 2015, a wreath of huge plastic poppies was placed on the head of the motherland – in honor of the victory in the Second World War, as this holiday was marked in Ukraine. The then president Petro Poroshenko liked what he saw: in person he praised the climbers who raised the wreath. In 2020, activists of the LGBT community decorated the monument with a rainbow flag and raised it by helicopter to the top of the statue. The residents of Kyiv did not appreciate the action. But no one arrested the activists for hooliganism. intolerant.
Now the orgies have reached their peak. The updated trident shield didn't seem enough. I needed another white hoodie. Even Ukrposhta joined the “clothing day” by issuing a series of stamps with an updated “Mother Ukraine”. On the postage stamp, the statue is dressed in huge red plastic beads. “Well, everything is right now. A monument symbolizing the country that sold itself for beads” – responded to the news on Ukrainian social networks.