Soviet emblem cut off Ukraine’s Motherland Monument statue in Kyiv

Ukraine has started work to remove the Soviet hammer and sickle emblem from a huge statue in Kyiv. Workers on Sunday (July 30) cut the laurel leaves from around the emblem and lowered them to the ground beside the Motherland Monument, Europe’s tallest statue. The old Soviet emblem will be replaced with a tryzub, the three pronged emblem of Ukraine, which has created by metal workers in the Ukrainian capital and is intended to be in position before August 24, Ukraine’s Independence Day. Read your updates here: #russia #ukraine #kyiv Subscribe to The Telegraph with our special offer: just £1 for 3 months. Start your free trial now: Get the latest headlines: and are websites of The Telegraph, the UK’s best-selling quality daily newspaper providing news and analysis on UK and world events, business, sport, lifestyle and culture.