AN EDINBURGH street has been unofficially renamed in honour of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Signs have been put up declaring the change on Windsor Street in the Scottish capital, where the Ukrainian consulate is based.
The paths have also been surrounded by messages of support for the nation, which is still fighting off a Russian invasion launched by Vladimir Putin’s regime.
“StandwithUkraine”, “UK help Ukraine”, and “support Ukraine” are just a few of the messages which have been left in solidarity with the people of the eastern European nation.
The unofficial move comes after Scottish LibDem leader Alex Cole-Hamilton called on Edinburgh Council to rename another street in honour of Zelenskyy.
The Edinburgh Western MSP said that renaming Melville Street, where the Russian consulate is based, would “mirror the kind of protest that was used against South African embassies during Apartheid”.
Renaming the street after Ukraine’s president would be a “small but meaningful gesture”, Cole-Hamilton insisted.
In Norway’s capital Olso, the plaza outside the Russian embassy was renamed "Ukrainas Plass”, or Ukraine's Square earlier this month.
In Vilnius, Lithuania's capital, the street leading to the Russian Embassy was officially named "Ukrainian Heroes Street".
In neighbouring Latvia, officials in Riga agreed to rename the Russian embassy’s address to “Independent Ukraine Street”.
Tirana, the Albanian capital, said it would name the street that is home to the Russian Embassy “Free Ukraine”, while in Copenhagen in Denmark, officials are set to discuss changing the name of the street on which the Russian Embassy sits from “Kristianiagade” to “Ukrainegade”.
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