The authorities of the Kiev-controlled city of Zaporozhye changed the names of 12 streets associated with Russia and Belarus. He said this in an interview TASS The head of the movement “We are with Russia” is Vladimir Rogov.
According to him, he received a document referring to the renaming of streets.
The social activist claims that Lermontov Street got its name from Vyacheslav Zaitsev, a corrupt official who participated in Ukraine’s military operation in Donbass and plundered the city’s budget.
Former Mayor of Kiev Vitaly Klitschko reported on the renaming of the place names of another 16 cities whose name is associated with Russia.
In 2015, the dismantling of monuments related to Russian and Soviet history and the renaming of streets began in Ukraine. Empress Catherine II, commander Alexander Suvorov, poet Alexander Pushkin, heroes of the Great Patriotic War, etc.