The decision to rename the settlement was made at a session of the city council, write Public. He was supported by 22 of the 30 officials present.
However, at the beginning of the meeting, deputy Oleksandr Polishchuk proposed to remove the issue from the agenda, and only four people supported the proposal. Later, only 17 elected officials voted for the same initiative from deputy Svitlana Krapivnytska. Thus, there were not enough votes to make a decision to withdraw the issue.
Currently, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has to finally approve the project on assigning the city the name Zviagel.
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