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.

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 ...

There is a growing drive to make the country more self-reliant in weapons manufacturing as it faces Russia’s superior ...

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.