Protasiv Yar Nature Reserve in Kyiv officially renamed in honor of fallen activist Roman Ratushnyi
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The Kyiv City Council has named the Protasiv Yar reserve in honor of the fallen activist Roman Ratushnyi, and activists from Protect Protasiv Yar have vowed to defend his legacy despite the ongoing disputes over the reserve's status.
Kyiv City Council deputies unanimously supported the naming of the Protasiv Yar nature reserve with the name of Roman Ratushnyi. The decision of the city council was reported by activists of the Protect Protasiv Yar movement, which was founded by Roman Ratushny, UNN reports.
Kyiv City Council voted to designate the Protasiv Yar Nature Reserve named after Roman Ratushnyi. 76 votes in favor, 0 against. "against. We thank the Kyiv city authorities for this decision. It is long overdue.
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The Protect Protasiv Yar community promised to make every effort to ensure that Protasiv Yar will long to remind future generations of Kyivites of Roman.
The activists also emphasized that their mission is still being hampered by mission is still hampered by disputes over the status of Protasiv Yar as a nature reserve. They hope for changes for changes in the near future, and promise to promptly inform the community about in these cases.
Recall
Roman Ratushnyi was killed in a battle with the occupiers near Izium, Kharkiv region, on June 14 last year. In the capital, Roman was known as a public figure and founder of the movement "Protect Protasiv Yar".
In July, in honor of Roman Ratushny, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko called on Kyiv City Council members to adopt a decision to create a landscape reserve "Protasiv Yar" landscape reserve. After all, it was his project that activist Roman Ratushnyi was working on before Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
