In the background, the Motherland statue with a wreath of poppies ... On her left arm, all along her bicep, lay her new tattoo of Mother Ukraine. Read more Subscribers only War in Ukraine ...

3 The Motherland Monument is a 102-meter-high statue commemorating Soviet victory in World War II. The steel figure looks east from the right bank of the Dnieper River in Kyiv. 4 The current steel ...

The Motherland Monument — a 335-foot-tall stainless steel behemoth towering over Ukraine’s capital — was unveiled in 1981 and designed to assert Soviet invincibility. By Cassandra Vinograd ...

The Soviet-era emblem on Kyiv's Motherland statue has been replaced with the Ukrainian coat of arms. The tryzub emblem is said to represent a stronger self-identity for Ukraine. The works are set ...