“Monuments and museums are destroyed in occupied territories, even if they barely remind one of Ukraine. They destroy books and do everything to incline people to renounce their national identity,” Zelensky said in a conversation with Chilean students.However, some monuments to the Kobzar (Shevchenko’s pen name) remain standing in Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine, including Donetsk and Luhansk, which were occupied in 2014, as well as in Mariupol, Sievierodonetsk, Starobilsk, Tokmak, Nova Kakhovka, and Henichesk. Monuments to Shevchenko also exist in Crimea, including Simferopol, Sevastopol, and Yalta. How does this align with Zelensky and Fedorov’s statements? What is the real Russian memory policy in the occupied east and south of Ukraine?The Counteroffensive: Why doesn’t Ukraine have a national military cemetery?Editor’s Note: This article was published by the twice-weekly newsletter “The Counteroffensive with Tim Mak” on Sept.