As the symbol of communist past was being demolished in the center of Kharkov by the country's ultra-nationalists, the event was broadcast via live internet stream by a number of channels.

Protesters in #Kharkiv#Ukraine topple Lenin monument (LIVE UPDATES) http://t.co/6re7BCthNa http://ift.tt/YASZJ5

— RT (@RT_com) September 28, 2014

Around three thousand activists answered the call “Kharkov – it's Ukraine” and gathered on Sunday evening to demonstrate their support of the authorities in Kiev. After the main procession, a group of activists with blue and yellow Ukrainian flags and nationalist red-black banners gathered at the center of the square in front of a monument to the icon of the communist movement, Vladimir Lenin.

Few of the men managed to climb the high statue to write out “Glory to Ukraine” as well as “IN”, a popular sign among ultra-nationalists, meaning “nation's idea.”

Another group of men with the flag of the volunteer battalion Azov and the Ukrainian flag climbed the ladder to the monument and using a grinder began sawing off his leg.

In #Kharkiv, a crowd is trying to bring down the Lenin monument http://t.co/jLXy8oKy5F http://ift.tt/YAT2oj

— Olga Tokariuk (@olgatokariuk) September 28, 2014