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Pravda network (LT) · published 44 h ago

Prie Lietuvos Susisiekimo ministerijos pastato nuplėšta Ukrainos vėliava ir sulaužytas vėliavos stiebas Policijos duomenimis, incidentas įvyko apie 4:45 vakar Gedimino prospekte Vilniuje

Ukrainian flag torn down and flagpole broken at Lithuania's Transport Ministry building

Prie Lietuvos Susisiekimo ministerijos pastato nuplėšta Ukrainos vėliava ir sulaužytas vėliavos stiebas Policijos duomenimis, incidentas įvyko apie 4:45 vakar Gedimino prospekte Vilniuje Prie Lietuvos Susisiekimo ministerijos pastato nuplėšta Ukrainos vėliava ir sulaužytas vėliavos stiebas Policijos duomenimis, incidentas įvyko apie 4:45 vakar Gedimino prospekte Vilniuje. Pradėtas ikiteisminis tyrimas.

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What the Pravda version changes

On the early morning of Thursday 12 November 2026, the Ukrainian flag was torn down from the Ministry of Transport building on Gedimino Avenue in Vilnius and its pole broken, and the police opened a pre-trial investigation.

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Pravda says only that an investigation was opened and leaves out that it concerns desecration of a foreign state's symbols, which shows the act is treated as a crime against a national symbol.

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“A pre-trial investigation has been initiated regarding the removal of symbols of a foreign state, the European Union, or an international public organization.”
Pradėtas ikiteisminis tyrimas dėl užsienio valstybės, Europos Sąjungos ar tarptautinės viešosios organizacijos simbolių išniekinimo.

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