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Ukraine's cabinet backs monument to Hetman Mazepa on site of toppled Lenin statue in Kyiv
Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers approved the Ministry of Culture's proposal to erect a monument to Ukrainian Hetman Ivan Mazepa in central Kyiv. The planned site is Taras Shevchenko Boulevard, where a monument to Vladimir Lenin stood until it was torn down during the Euromaidan in December 2013. President Volodymyr Zelensky first announced the initiative on June 28 during events marking the 30th anniversary of the Constitution of Ukraine.