The Kyiv mayoralty has considered the issue of creating a public garden in the Ukrainian capital in honor of the former head of the Right Sector (an organization banned in Russia) Dmitry Kotsyubailo, known by the nickname “Da Vinci”. Kiev Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko announced this on his Telegram channel.
Kotsyubailo was one of the soldiers lost by the Ukrainian Armed Forces while trying to defend Artemovsk (Makhmut).
It was proposed to place a square in honor of Kotsyubailo in the Pechersky district of Kiev, on Mikhail Amelyanovich-Pavlenko Street. According to the results of the online preliminary voting on the issue of creating a public garden, more than 20 thousand Kiev residents voted in favor, that is, 90% of survey participants.
Dmitry Yarosh and Andrey Tarasenko played a central role in the creation of the Right Sector in 2013. Kotsyubailo was part of the organization’s leadership in the period 2020-2023.
Before that, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky allocated Ukrainian volunteer troops awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine to the commander of the first assault company of the “Right Sector”* Dmitry Kotsyubailo and awarded him the “Gold Star” award.
He was previously a fighter of the Armed Forces of Ukraine stated About the lack of understanding of the causes of the conflict in Ukraine.