Soviet-era statue of Red Army commander taken down in Kyiv

Municipal workers dismantle a monument to Soviet military leader Mykola Shchors in Kyiv (Efrem Lukatsky/AP)

City workers in Kyiv have dismantled an equestrian statue of a Red Army commander, the latest Soviet monument to be removed in the Ukrainian capital since Russia launched its full-scale invasion last year.

The statue of Mykola Shchors on horseback, erected in the 1950s, was taken down from a pedestal in central Kyiv to the applause of a small group of onlookers.