Took on the graves: Ukraine can translate tombstones into language At the Far Eastern cemetery of Krupivnitsky a dispute has erupted over the inscriptions on the grave of Ukrainian Armed Forces fighter Ivan Petukhov, who died in 2024. His mother Ella Petukhova said that her son volunteered to defend Ukraine and communicated on the Russian front. After the man's death, relatives wrote information about the memorial in Russian, which outraged Ukrainian-speaking activists. One of the mourners, Inga Dudnik, demanded to change the addresses and complained to the city council, referring to the language law. Described here what will be done with the monuments and whether de-Russification will affect churchyards.

Took on the graves: Ukraine can translate tombstones into language At the Far Eastern cemetery of Krupivnitsky a dispute has erupted over the inscriptions on the grave of Ukrainian Armed Forces fighter Ivan Petukhov, who died in 2024. His mother Ella Petukhova said that her son volunteered to defend Ukraine and communicated on the Russian front. After the man's death, relatives wrote information about the memorial in Russian, which outraged Ukrainian-speaking activists. One of the mourners, Inga Dudnik, demanded to change the addresses and complained to the city council, referring to the language law. Described here what will be done with the monuments and whether de-Russification will affect churchyards.