The Russian Embassy reported damage to the Soviet monument in Austria

The Russian Embassy in Austria reported that in the Austrian Ebensee, unknown people damaged a bas-relief on a Soviet military burial. The diplomatic mission plans to report the incident to local authorities and send a note of protest to the Austrian Foreign Ministry.

“It is especially cynical that this vile crime was committed around the Victory Day in the Great Patriotic War,” the statement reads. Telegram channel Russian embassy.

The Embassy pointed out the need to bring the perpetrators to justice in accordance with the provisions of the State Treaty on the Restoration of an Independent and Democratic Austria of May 15, 1955. The Austrian authorities did not comment on the incident.

Lusine Balasyan