Ukraine celebrates the adoption of the trident as the country’s national symbol on Feb. 19, State Emblem Day. The Trident has long served as a symbol of resilience and struggle for freedom ...

Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters and Jae C. Hong/Associated Press Ukraine has replaced the Soviet emblem on one of Kyiv’s most prominent monuments with its own coat of arms, part of a broader push ...

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) – Ukraine's trident coat of arms glimmered on the shield of a gigantic statue overlooking Kyiv on Sunday, after construction workers winched it up to replace a Soviet hammer ...

On May 3, the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament, voted a law to remove Soviet and Russian empire monuments left in Ukraine. The law states that monuments dedicated to people who held leadership ...

The Soviet-era emblem on Kyiv's Motherland statue has been replaced with the Ukrainian coat of arms. The tryzub emblem is said to represent a stronger self-identity for Ukraine. The works are set ...

Watch: Ukraine Replaces Soviet Emblem on Huge Kyiv Statue Workers began to install the Ukrainian coat of arms on the Motherland Monument in Kyiv, one of Europe’s tallest statues, on Saturday.

A gigantic statue of a woman warrior representing Ukraine towered once again over the capital Kyiv Friday but with its Soviet hammer and sickle emblem replaced with the Ukrainian trident.

The operation to put the trident in place of the Soviet emblem on the 62-metre-tall steel figure of a woman, known as the Fatherland Mother, began last month, as Ukraine purges its public areas of ...