Taras Shevchenko named "Russian poet" in Luhansk

A photo of a monument to Taras Shevchenko erected in Luhansk has appeared online. The Russians decided to tell the world that he was a "Russian" poet and even nailed a plaque to the monument

As the Prosecutor-General's Office reported earlier, Russian propaganda in Ukraine's occupied territories tried to portray Taras Shevchenko as part of the "Russian world"

For example, during an investigation into Russian crimes in Kharkiv Region, law enforcers found educational materials in a liberated village near Kupyansk where the Ukrainian Kobzar was presented alongside Russian figures.

The propaganda of the aggressor country also attributed the Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko among the Russian figures. The Russian-language poster features a portrait of Kobzar with the inscription "He kept a diary in Russian"

Taras Shevchenko was a Ukrainian poet, prose writer, thinker, painter, graphic artist, ethnographer and public figure