A monument to Soviet Army General Nikolai Vatutin was dismantled in Kyiv, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Ukrainian municipal workers dismount a monument to WWII Soviet Army General Nikolai Vatutin in downtown in Kyiv, Ukraine 9 February 2023, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The decision to dismantle was made by a working group to study the removal of memorial objects related to the history and culture of Russia and the USSR from the public space of the city of Kyiv, as part of decommunization and getting rid of the consequences of communist ideology in the country, according to local media.