A destroyed Russian tank displayed in front of the Cathedral Square in Vilnius attracts not only Ukraine’s supporters. A fight broke out after a group of people laid flowers on the tank on Sunday evening.
According to witnesses, a white BMW car with the registration plate “Moi Mir” (“My world” translated from Russian) pulled up to the tank on Sunday evening. A group of men and women got out of the car and placed flowers on the tank, and lit a candle next to it.
The police said that a fight broke out at the scene. A pre-trial investigation has been opened.
“An unidentified person punched a man (born in 1972) in Cathedral Square in Vilnius after a verbal conflict over flowers placed near the displayed tank,” Julija Samorokovskaja, the spokesperson of the Vilnius County Chief Police Commissariat, told LRT.lt.
It is not yet known whether the victim was the person who placed the flowers or a passer-by who was outraged by the act.
The police had launched administrative proceedings to find out whether Nazi, communist, totalitarian, or authoritarian symbols had been displayed by the group, said Ramūnas Matonis, the spokesperson of the Police Department. The distribution and public display of these symbols are prohibited by the Code of Administrative Offences.
A Russian T-72B tank, destroyed by the Ukrainian army, went on display in Vilnius last week.
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