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Olga, 94, from Bucha, survived the Nazi occupation of Ukraine. She says Russia's invasion is worse. View on euronews
Latvian citizens face fines if they display the symbols at any public events to show support for "Russia's military aggression".View on euronews
Russian President Vladimir Putin says the West is trying to 'cancel' Russian culture, comparing it to the ceremonial burning of books by the Nazis in the 1930s.
Russia compares Europe's tactics to those of Nazi Germany, slamming sanctions against Moscow and saying the term "total war" was borrowed from Hitler's playbook.
Since its independence, Ukraine has been concerned with performing a balancing act between East and West. That changed with 2014's pro-Western revolution, which ushered in a policy of "decommunisation": condemning Soviet leaders for their crimes and removing all monuments to them. These measures have been wildly popular with some but less so with others, especially in Eastern regions that suffered from the capitalist transition. Gulliver Cragg reports from the Donbass.