Background. The article is dedicated to 1225 names of streets, alleys and squares in Ukraine, renamed during April – August 2022 as a result of the process of de-russification. Urbanonyms were changed not to neutral ones, but, on the contrary, in the new names Ukrainian national values were emphasized, as well as the belonging of communities to the Ukrainian cultural space, demonstrating the difference between Ukrainian and Russian identity.Сontribution to the research field. These findings may help us to understand the impact that the last political events in Ukraine as well as the war have made on the national identity of Ukrainians, especially in the linguistic approach. The analysis of urbanonyms according to the markers of national identity showed the main trends in the change of modern urbanonymicon.Purpose. The comprehensive analysis of the renaming in Ukrainian urbanonymicon because of the process of de-russification in the cultural space of Ukraine and in the aspect of affirmation of national identity in names.Methods. The research methodology is based on the general scientific methods and on the linguistic methods, especially descriptive and comparative (to compare the urbanonyms before and after the renaming).Results. The research consists of two parts. First, we analyzed 1225 former names of the streets and identified six groups of these names. Then, we analyzed the renamed urbanonyms and focused on 8 groups of them, which appeal to certain markers of the Ukrainian national identity: 1. Common beliefs – 263 names of streets (21,47 %); 2. Common territory, or homeland – 247 (20,16 %); 3. Common actions (decisions, achievements) – 242 (19,76 %); 4. Common myths and historical memories – 229 (18,7 %); 5. Common language – 90 (7,35 %); 6. Common culture – 70 (5,71 %); 7. Common economy – 47 (3,84 %); 8. Common religion – 37 (3 %).Discussion. By comparing new names with markers of national identity, we can assert that during the hot phase of the war, when there is a threat to the existence of the country, Ukrainians come to the fore for common worldview orientations, which allow to unite, common actions and decisions, which are aimed at obtaining certain results, deep understanding of the concepts homeland, our territory, awareness of the importance of preserving historical memory for the formation of the successful Ukrainian society today and to pass it on to the next generations, so that our language and our culture are always relevant.