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A lot of Ukrainians see the Soviet era stuff as symbolic of their oppression under Moscow rule. It’s possible a UA soldier did a little decommunization of his own. Could have been a Russian soldier too, as they were running around there during the first week of the invasion as well. Don't know.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decommunization_in_Ukraine