A Kiev-based LGBT group used a drone to hoist a giant rainbow flag and unfurl it next to the hundred-meter tall “Motherland” Monument, erected in 1981 as part of a Soviet Union propaganda blitz.
The action, intended to celebrate “equality for everyone,” was met with fierce backlash in the conservative country. Shot from different angles, the video was then uploaded to the group’s Facebook page which was flooded with homophobic comments calling LGBT+ people “degenerates.” Many others defend the