Ukraine started to remove the Soviet emblem from the Motherland Monument in Kyiv, one of Europe’s tallest statues. Ukraine’s coat of arms will replace the hammer and sickle ahead of Ukraine's ...

A photograph of Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance wearing a red T-shirt featuring a Soviet hammer and sickle has gone viral on social media. The image was posted to X/Twitter by user ...

In countries that fell under Soviet occupation, like Czechoslovakia after 1968, it is widely regarded as a symbol of oppression. The hammer-and-sickle symbols on the memorial have been damaged ...