Real estate developer begins demolition of Soviet modernist building

A real estate developer has begun to knock down the Soviet-era modernist building “Flowers of Ukraine” in Kyiv, drawing outrage from activists who flocked to the site to block the demolition.

The fate of the building at 49 Sichovykh Striltsiv Street, has become the focus of a battle between activists who want to preserve the building and the developer, also called PrJSC Flowers of Ukraine, which wants to knock it down to erect an office center.