Workers install the Ukrainian coat of arms on the shield in the hand of the country’s tallest statue, the Motherland Monument, after the Soviet coat of arms was removed, in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Workers install the Ukrainian coat of arms on the shield in the hand of the country's tallest stature, the Motherland Monument, after the Soviet coat of arms was removed, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday ...

But now, instead of the hammer-and-sickle emblem, the shield features the Ukrainian tryzub, the trident that was adopted as the coat of arms of independent Ukraine on Feb. 19, 1992.

But now, instead of the hammer-and-sickle emblem, the shield features the Ukrainian tryzub, the trident that was adopted as the coat of arms of independent Ukraine on Feb. 19, 1992.

4 The current steel shield of the monument features the Soviet coat of arms. Ukrainian activists have long called for the removal of the communist emblem. A survey held in 2022 reported some 85 ...