The Soviet coat of arms removed at the Motherland Monument in Kyiv, amid Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Ukrainian workers dismantle a Soviet emblem of the coat of arms of the former Soviet Union from the shield of the Motherland Monument at the area of the World War II open air museum in Kyiv, Ukraine 1 August 2023, amid Russian invasion of Ukraine. Ukrainian coat of arms will replace of the old Soviet emblem on the Motherland Monument by Independence Day, which Ukraine mark on 24 August.