Statues topple as Europe purges communist monuments

A plinth of the Soviet monument, which has been demolished by unidentified perpetrators, in Koszalin, Poland, Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. Russia's invasion of Ukraine has led to a renewed push to topple the last remaining monuments to the Soviet army that remained in Europe. At the end of the communist era, when Poland and its neighbors threw off Moscow-backed communist regimes, those countries began renaming streets and toppling statues of Lenin and other communist figures. But many memorials to the Red Army remained. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk)