Created in the image of a fearless female warrior, the statue holds a sword and a shield ... the trident that was adopted as the coat of arms of independent Ukraine on Feb. 19, 1992.

Ukraine has removed Soviet-era signage from ... Soviet hammer and sickle symbol with a trident – the Ukrainian coat of arms – on the shield of the Motherland Monument, which dominates the ...

Ukraine has replaced the Soviet ... the 61m-tall statue previously held a sword and a shield emblazoned with the Soviet coat of arms: a crossed hammer and sickle surrounded by ears of wheat.

Created in the image of a fearless female warrior, the statue holds a sword and a shield. But now, instead of the hammer-and-sickle emblem, the shield features the Ukrainian tryzub, the trident that ...