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Ukraine's Euro 2020 football kit provokes outrage in Russia
BBC ^ | 2021-06-07

Posted on 06/07/2021 7:09:45 AM PDT by Renfrew

A new kit for Ukraine's football team, showing a map including Russian-annexed Crimea, has provoked anger in Moscow.

Ukraine unveiled its shirt for Euro 2020, emblazoned with its borders including Crimea and the slogan "Glory to Ukraine!"

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: crimea; russia; soccer; ukraine
Turkey gets similarly outraged whenever anyone shows a map of a united Cyprus ignoring the northern part that the Turks control.
1 posted on 06/07/2021 7:09:45 AM PDT by Renfrew
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To: Renfrew

no pic?


2 posted on 06/07/2021 7:12:02 AM PDT by Eddie01
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To: Renfrew

Idiots. Dream on.


3 posted on 06/07/2021 7:13:18 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: Eddie01
Good point:
4 posted on 06/07/2021 7:14:26 AM PDT by Renfrew
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To: Renfrew

Exce9
I want one. F Russia.


5 posted on 06/07/2021 7:24:49 AM PDT by rrrod (6)
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To: Renfrew

The thing in the middle looks like a giant phalanx (or middle finger). A message to Putin?


6 posted on 06/07/2021 9:05:38 AM PDT by Flavious_Maximus
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To: Flavious_Maximus

It is a symbol of Galician SS division. ‘Glory to Ukraine’ is a slogal of the division.

That is what makes the outrage, Crimea has nothing to do with this.


7 posted on 06/07/2021 9:18:14 AM PDT by NorseViking
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To: NorseViking

No, it’s the Tryzub from the Ukrainian Coat of Arms.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Ukraine


8 posted on 06/07/2021 12:20:10 PM PDT by GreenLanternCorps (Hi! I'm the Dread Pirate Roberts! (TM) Atsk about franchise opportunities in your area.)
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To: Renfrew

Ukraine’s ties to Crimea go deep into the mists of history—to the 1950s. It was Russia’s for a couple of hundred years until Khrushchev gifted it to the Ukraine SSR. I don’t thinks they’re going to get it back.


9 posted on 06/07/2021 6:55:04 PM PDT by hanamizu
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To: GreenLanternCorps

Not mutually exclusive.UPA thugs were killing the Jews for the Germans under this banner.


10 posted on 06/08/2021 7:18:30 AM PDT by NorseViking
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