Motherland Monument in Kyiv replaces Soviet coat of arms with Ukrainian trident
A Kyiv monument traded a 42-year-old Soviet coat of arms for a contemporary trident Sunday, a swap that exemplifies the war-torn nation’s struggle towards the Twenty first-century Russian military and the vestiges of Ukraine’s Soviet previous. The Motherland Monument, a 335-foot statue of a girl holding a sword and defend, has towered over Kyiv since … Read more