Without Vatutino, Sievierodonetsk and Druzhba: more than 50 more settlements to be renamed in Ukraine

Without Vatutino, Sievierodonetsk and Druzhba: more than 50 more settlements to be renamed in Ukraine

Kyiv  •  UNN

April 3 2024, 04:44 PM • 26958 views

Another 51 settlements in Ukraine, including 7 cities and 44 villages, will be renamed as part of the decolonization process.

The renaming of cities and villages in Ukraine continues as part of decolonization. According to Roman Lozynsky, the first deputy chairman of the Committee on the Organization of State Power, Local Self-Government, Regional Development and Urban Planning, 51 more settlements will soon be renamed, UNN reports.

According to Lozynsky, these are 7 cities and 44 villages/settlements.

In particular, the settlements that will receive new names:

Pershotravensk (Dnipropetrovska oblast) - Shakhtarske

Krasnohrad (Kharkiv region) - Berestyn

Pervomaiskyi (Kharkiv region) - Zlatopil

Pervomaisk (Luhansk region)-Sokologorsk

Vatutino (Cherkasy region) - Bahacheve

Druzhba (Sumy region) - Zhuravske

Sievierodonetsk (Luhansk region) - Siverskodonetsk.

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The MP assured that residents of the renamed settlements do not need to change anything. 

"All documents are valid. There is no need to go to the ASCs and stand in lines," Lozynskyi assured.

He also denied information about the significant costs of renaming during the war.