Kyiv last week replaced the Soviet hammer and sickle symbol with a trident – the Ukrainian coat of arms – on the shield of the Motherland Monument, which dominates the capital’s skyline.

The huge Mother Ukraine statue in Kyiv, one of the nation’s most recognizable landmarks, has lost its Soviet hammer and sickle, replaced by a trident.

The towering Mother Ukraine statue in Kyiv lost its hammer-and-sickle symbol on Sunday as officials replaced it with the country's trident coat of arms.

5 Men posing in front of the Motherland Monument during its assembly in March 1981. Construction of the steel-skinned statue began in 1979 and was completed in 1981. 6 The opening ceremony for the ...

Ukraine replaced the Soviet Union hammer and sickle on the shield of its massive Motherland Monument with the national trident coat of ... II museum released a statement on the statue's ...

The Motherland Monument, a 335-foot statue of a woman holding a sword and shield, has towered over Kyiv since 1981 as a symbol of the U.S.S.R.’s triumphs during World War II. Workers dismantled ...

Today, August 6, installers raised a trident coat of arms onto the shield of the Motherland Statue in Kyiv instead of the previously dismantled Soviet coat of arms. Immediately after that, the workers ...

The statue of the Motherland when the sickle and hammer on the shield were replaced by the trident, Kyiv, August 12, 2023. RAFAEL YAGHOBZADEH FOR LE MONDE Florence Aubenas Kyiv (Ukraine) special ...

Kyiv last week replaced the Soviet hammer and sickle symbol with a trident – the Ukrainian coat of arms – on the shield of the Motherland Monument, which dominates the capital’s skyline.

KYIV, Ukraine — The towering Mother Ukraine statue in Kyiv — one of the nation’s most recognizable landmarks — lost its hammer-and-sickle symbol on Sunday as officials replaced the Soviet ...

Ukraine replaces Soviet-era hammer and sickle symbol with a trident on Kyiv statue By Tim Lister , Olga Voitovych , Ivana Kottasová and Sana Noor Haq , CNN 3 minute read ...