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.