Russia mocks Ukraine’s “new flag” as Kiev’s status subordinate to the US

FLY – Ukrainian UN envoy Sergey Kislitsa tweeted an image of the United States (USA) flag with stars and stripes rendered in his country’s yellow and blue colors on Wednesday.

Though seen as an attempt to express US-Ukrainian solidarity, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova described it as a reflection of Kiev’s subordinate status in the report.

Kislitsa tweeted a photo from when Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited Washington on Wednesday.

The Ukrainian leader met with US President Joe Biden and delivered a speech before US lawmakers, calling for more support in the Kiev-Moscow conflict.

“They will stay together as long as necessary,” the tweet reads.

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Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova reacted by calling it the “new flag of Ukraine”.

“The thing that we’ve been talking about for years, and nobody believed it, happened. Congratulations!” she said.

Moscow believes that the government that came to power after the 2014 armed coup in Kiev, as well as its successors, have bowed to Washington’s goals to the point of acting contrary to their own national interests.

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