Official statement of the National Conservation Area “St. Sophia of Kyiv” press service

The management of the National Conservation Area “St. Sophia of Kyiv” did not provide any approvals for the filming of car drift on Sophiiska Square!

The Procedure for organizing and holding non-state mass events of religious, cultural, educational, sports, entertainment and other nature in the city of Kyiv, approved by the Kyiv City Council on December 19, 2019, is in force in the capital. According to it, permission to hold the event on Sophiiska Square is granted ONLY in agreement with the National Conservation Area “St. Sophia of Kyiv” in order to prevent man-made negative impact on the state of monuments of national importance.

The National Conservation Area did not receive a request from the drifting organizers.