The Kyiv city council voted to rename 26 more city objects whose names are associated with Russia and the Soviet past, reports the Kyiv City State Administration.

In particular, the Druzhby Narodov metro station was renamed Zverinetskaya, the Lev Tolstoy Square station was renamed to Ukrainian Heroes Square, and the Prospekt Pravdy project metro station was renamed Varshavskaya.. A number of streets and alleys in different districts of the capital have also been de-Russified..

“The process of de-Russification in Kyiv continues. It is very important to permanently rid the capital of Soviet and Russian names and symbols associated with the aggressor country. And we do it,” comments the mayor of Kyiv Vitaliy Klitschko..

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On April 21, 2023, the President signed a historic law on the “decolonization” of toponyms, which at the legal level destroys the system of ideological influence of Russians - toponyms and monuments - which for decades was used by them and local collaborators as a hybrid weapon in the war against Ukraine. When removing old names, it is necessary to look for new ones, and often relevant ideas concern modern heroes of Ukraine. Read more about the risks of implementing such ideas in the article by Artem Kartashov " How and why it is necessary to honor the heroes, and what are the threats to this?.