Canadian memorial to Ukrainian soldiers in Nazi unit removed ‘for repair’ after protests

Monument has long been a source of tension between Canada’s Ukrainian diaspora and Jewish and Polish communities

A controversial memorial to Ukrainian soldiers who served in a Nazi unit during second world war has been removed from a Canadian cemetery following years of protests by community groups who described the shrine as “painful” and offensive.

The cenotaph, which had stood in the privately-owned St Volodymyr Ukrainian cemetery in Oakville, Ontario, was removed on Saturday.