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LOCATION/STORY: UkraineWarMonument: Workers remove Soviet emblem from Kyiv monument (AP)
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Kyiv - 1 August 2023
1. Various of aerials of workers demounting soviet emblem on the Motherland monument ++MUTE++
2. Various of piece of soviet emblem lowered to the ground
3. Various of hammer and sickle lowered to the ground from the monument
4. Various of workers near soviet emblem which removed from the monument
5. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Valentyn (No surname given), worker:
"The feeling as if a burden has fallen, I think in every Ukrainian, that we have removed this coat of arms. We will hang the tryzub (Ukrainian symbol) instead and be proud of our banner."
6. Wide of worker Valentyn putting soviet star on the ground
7. Aerial of soviet emblem on the ground
8. Aerial of Motherland monument without soviet emblem ++MUTE++
STORYLINE:
Work was underway on Tuesday to remove a Soviet-era emblem from Kyiv's Motherland monument.
The Ministry of Culture of Ukraine said the hammer and sickle emblem would be replaced by a tryzub, a three-pronged emblem of Ukraine.
The work is scheduled to be completed by Ukraine's Independence Day on 24 August.
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