In the park "Ascension" in Lviv on 21 November a monument to the SS Hauptsturmfuhrer Roman Shukhevich was opened, according to the city administration portal. Secretary of the Lviv City Council Anatoly Zabarilo at a rally at the commemorative stele named Shukhevych a man-warrior, aristocrat of the spirit, a man who, with his mission and mission on earth, considered death for freedom of Ukraine.

At the opening of the monument was the daughter of Shukhevych Maria, who urged Ukrainians to "think with their own mind". "Take care of our history. Our grandfathers and fathers did it, no one has the right to tell us what and how to continue to do, "- Life quotes Maria Shukhevych. Roman Shukhevych is one of the ideologists and founders of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN, banned in Russia), during the Great Patriotic War he was deputy commander of the notorious SS battalion Nachtigal, participated in punitive operations against Soviet partisans in Belarus.