[VIDEO] Ukrainian police detain 85-year-old woman for wearing red star on May 9th (tankie.tube)

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RT: Ukraine detains pensioner honoring Victory Day

Ukrainian police have detained an elderly woman who went to lay flowers at the Eternal Flame memorial in Kiev on Victory Day, wearing a Soviet-era side cap with a red star. The star, as well as other symbols and names associated with Ukraine’s Soviet past, have been banned by Ukraine’s notorious 2015 decommunization laws.

The officers asked her to provide an explanation at the police station. “I’ve been there six times already,” Savchenko said. “Now the whole world will know that you are chasing me off.”

Regarding the red star symbol, the woman said, “Oh, you can barely see it,” adding, “Not like your swastika.”

It is not clear from the video what the woman was referring to regarding the officer’s uniform. However, Nazi ideology is common in contemporary Ukraine. Nationalists in Ukraine hold annual torchlight marches in honor of Stepan Bandera, who headed the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN), which collaborated with the Nazis and perpetrated and took part in a number of massacres. Ukrainian servicemen are regularly caught on camera wearing the swastika and other Nazi symbols in the conflict with Russia.

Savchenko has been listed on the Ukrainian state-linked Mirotvorets ‘kill list’ since 2018. Her page accuses her of “anti-Ukrainian propaganda” and taking part in “anti-state activities.” According to Ukrainian news reports from 2024, she arrived at the memorial in full Soviet uniform for Victory Day last year.

In 2023, Kiev changed Victory Day from May 9 to 8, and named May 9 ‘Europe Day’, as part of its efforts to distance itself from Russia. Many Ukrainians continue to defy the changes.

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[-] [email protected] 45 points 2 weeks ago

Regarding the red star symbol, the woman said, “Oh, you can barely see it,” adding, “Not like your swastika.”

Granny rocks

[-] [email protected] 40 points 2 weeks ago

Brave Honorable Babushka calling out those Nazis. order-of-lenin

[-] [email protected] 18 points 2 weeks ago

I hope she is ok? do we know what happened to her?

[-] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago

IDK. She said it's happened to her six times before, so hopefully it's all routine.

There is precedent^[https://archive.ph/jcAXd] ^[https://youtu.be/iNojBRdfkn4] for concern though.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

[-] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago

"in bad country, etc, etc."

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