The world's only monument to an interplanetary war, located in Kharkiv

It sometimes happens that even the most serious plan or endeavor can be turned into a lighthearted farce by a tiny mistake, no matter how blasphemous that may seem.

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Photo: Ivan Ponomarenko, 2014

That is exactly what happened with this monument. It is located just to the left of the entrance to the Memorial Complex to the Victims of Totalitarianism in Lesopark.

Let us pay tribute to the innocent Earthlings who were killed

There’s no doubt that its creators were motivated by the best of intentions. However, a single-letter mistake undid all their good intentions.

Although humanity was made to forget… this monument provides us with documentary evidence (the only one in the world) that an interplanetary war did indeed take place.