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2023-08-09 13:23:22 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: C56E9EFF3C4E72412255B3D184172DD4A49390521E35BA21396805AD28A97EA2
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Ukraine as a sovereign democratic country decided by an 85% of poll to change the hammer & sickle (symbol of Soviet rule over Ukraine) to the coat of arms of Ukraine, a trident which is historically associated w/Ukraine. The trident is not a Nazi symbol. https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-ukraine-war-kyiv-motherland-monument-makeover/ https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/ukraine-replaces-soviet-coat-arms-trident-towering-kyiv-102057342 https://visitukraine.today/blog/2235/trident-instead-of-the-ussr-coat-of-arms-what-does-the-motherland-monument-symbolize-and-why-have-ukrainians-been-waiting-for-the-reconstruction https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-zelenskiy-trident-oun/fact-check-ukrainian-coat-of-arms-predates-use-of-trident-symbol-by-far-right-nationalists-idUSL1N37F2BN https://meta.mk/en/the-trident-is-not-a-nazi-symbol-but-part-of-the-ukrainian-history/
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