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Wreckage of the Russian T-72 tank in Berlin (February 24)
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The wreckage of a tank erected in front of the Russian embassy in Berlin on the anniversary of the start of the war in Ukraine has been removed.
The police announced on Tuesday night.
The Russian T-72 tank stood in front of the embassy on Unter Den Linden Boulevard until Monday evening and was intended to serve as a memorial against the war.
The wreck was aligned across the central reservation of the main street, the cannon pointed at the message.
According to the initiators of the campaign, the tank hit a mine during the Russian army attack on Kiev on March 31, 2022 and was destroyed by the explosion.
Soldiers probably died in it.
They belonged to a tank unit stationed far in eastern Russia.
The Military History Museum of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense loaned the tank and also supported its transport, it said.
According to the initiators, the tank should next be exhibited in the Netherlands.
In Berlin, the Ukrainian ambassador Oleksii Makeiev also inspected the destroyed tank.
It is a reminder that shows what is needed to end the war.
"Ukraine is responsible for ensuring that such tanks never roll in Europe again," Makeiev said on Friday.
"We will do everything to ensure that the Russian tanks are pushed back to Russia."
The campaign was planned by curator Wieland Giebel from the Museum Berlin Story Bunker and by entrepreneur Enno Lenze.
"The broken Russian tank is a sign of doom," Giebel said at a press conference on Friday.
The regime of Russian President Vladimir Putin will perish like the Third Reich did.
"Ukraine will become Putin's Stalingrad."
You can read more about the latest developments in Ukraine here.
aar/dpa
