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 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 Soviet emblem on the Motherland Monument by Independence Day, which Ukraine mark on 24 August.