Tank in Narva taken down under police guard after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine ‘opened wounds in our society’
Estonian authorities have removed a Soviet-era tank from its pedestal in the eastern city of Narva, the most significant yet of an estimated 200 to 400 such monuments that the government has pledged to take down by the end of the year.
After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Soviet monuments in Estonia were no longer just a local issue, the prime minister, Kaja Kallas, said on Tuesday. “No one wants to see our militant and hostile neighbour foment tensions in our home,” Kallas said.
