On January 18, the Land Commission of the Kyiv City Council voted in favor of the decision to abandon the arrangement of a military cemetery on the territory of Lysa Hora in the Pechersk district of the city.

Although it was primarily the people of Kiev who opposed the arrangement of the memorial on Lysaya Gora, however, the corresponding petition to change the place for the memorial burial was rejected back in December signed by the mayor Vitaliy Klitschko.

As Rukh told Chesno with reference to Kyiv City Council deputy Olesya Pinzenyk, they returned to the issue in Kyiv City Council only after receiving a letter from the government. In particular, on January 17, at a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers chaired by Prime Minister Denys Shmygal, they decided to change the location of the military memorial cemetery.

Not only the people of Kiev, but also a number of veterans and environmentalists opposed Lysa Gora as a place for a memorial, since the place has two conservation statuses at once, and also contains unique plants listed in the Red Book in the flora.. Also, a few years ago, mines and shells were found there, so earthworks can be dangerous..

At the same time, the government is waiting for proposals for a new location for the military cemetery from Mayor Vitali Klitschko, Minister for Veterans Affairs Yulia Laputina, Minister of Culture Alexander Tkachenko, Minister of Defense Alexei Reznikov, Minister for Reintegration Irina Vereshchuk and others until January 20.

Due to such limited timeframes, the public will again not be able to take part in the discussion of the location of the future memorial..

Earlier, environmentalists, together with the deputy Olesya Pinzenyk, found five plots for a military cemetery at once.

In particular, Pinzenyk noted that the sites near the Berkovets cemetery and on the territory of VDNKh are the most suitable both in terms of legislation and infrastructural development..

Recall that in early summer, the Kyiv City Council will turn to the government with a request to agree on the creation of a military cemetery in the capital for honorary burials of the defenders of Ukraine.. Initially, it was proposed to equip such a cemetery near the Babi Yar tract..