City authorities plan to remove sculptures of Soviet soldiers at Antakalnis Cemetery in Vilnius in September.
The City Council is drafting a resolution on taking over the sculptures, the authorities told BNS on Monday.
“Once the resolution is adopted and the sculptures are taken over, their removal will be carried out quickly. [The municipal company] Grinda has already carried out a market consultation on the method of removal and is ready to carry out the work. A council meeting is scheduled for September 14,” the municipality said.
Antakalnis Cemetery currently has a World War Two memorial featuring six grey granite statues of Red Army soldiers. Its removal was unanimously backed by Vilnius politicians in early June, soon after it was delisted as protected heritage.
Other municipalities across Lithuania have been removing Soviet World War Two memorials since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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