Ukrainian sisters who received worldwide condemnation for twerking and dancing on the grave of slain soldiers have being arrested after the video went viral
The young ladies clad in crop tops, booty shorts, and Crocs were seen setting up a camera before backing up to dance in between the flower-adorned graves of two soldiers at Forest Cemetery, as pictures of the fallen fighters and the Ukraine flag were visible in the shot.
The two sisters filmed themselves dancing and twerking on the graves of slain soldiers in a Kyiv cemetery on the nation’s Independence Day and will face five years prison term after being charged with desecrating a grave.
Kyiv police said in a Telegram post Friday that the women had been detained less than an hour after officers were made aware of the ill-advised viral routine.
Investigators of the Desnyan police department, in agreement with the district prosecutor’s office, started criminal proceedings under Part 2 of Article 297 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine — insult to the grave,” the post read in Ukrainian.
In a written statement on Instagram, the two sisters have pleaded for forgiveness for their foolish act. “My sister and I want to apologize to everyone, apologize for our thoughtless video. It was absolutely not our aim to denigrate anyone, least of all the memory of our fallen heroes,” the women alternately said in a solemn joint video statement posted to Instagram Monday by the account @vl_lindemann, which had reportedly originally posted the dancing clip.
“We understand that our actions had no place where our father is buried with other fallen defenders of Ukraine. We are sincerely sorry and asking to forgive our stupidity.”
“We completely understand how shameful our act appears, and we are now ashamed. We are asking forgiveness from everyone who might have been offended. Please forgive us for this horrible mistake.” The statement read.
