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Municipal workers dismantle a Soviet-era monument to the Soviet soldiers killed during WWII in the village of Pnikut, Lviv region, western Ukraine, Friday, May 12, 2023. Ukraine is accelerating efforts to erase the vestiges of centuries of Soviet and Russian influence from the public space by pulling down monuments and renaming hundreds of streets to honour home-grown artists, poets, military chiefs, and independence leaders. (AP Photo/Mykola Tys)

Municipal workers dismantle a Soviet-era monument to the Soviet soldiers killed during WWII in the village of Pnikut, Lviv region, western Ukraine, Friday, May 12, 2023. Ukraine is accelerating efforts to erase the vestiges of centuries of Soviet and Russian influence from the public space by pulling down monuments and renaming hundreds of streets to honour home-grown artists, poets, military chiefs, and independence leaders. (AP Photo/Mykola Tys)

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