Slovenian flag at Ukraine embassy removed for being too similar to Russia’s – By Aaron Reitch (Jerusalem Post) / April 1, 2022
It is true that both flags have similarities, with both being dominated by white-blue-red horizontal stripes. But these are superficial beyond ideas of pan-Slavic colors.
Ukraine asked Slovenia’s Embassy in Kyiv to take down its flag because the horizontal white-blue-red pattern bears too much of a similarity to a certain other flag: That of Russia.
No, this is not an April Fool’s Day joke.
This anecdote was first shared by Slovenian Charge d’Affaires in Ukraine Boštjan Lesjak on Wednesday when speaking to TV Slovenia.
The Balkan state had just sent its diplomats back to the Ukrainian capital and reopened its embassy there after having been forced to close it when Russia invaded Ukraine — a move made by most nations, including Israel, in the wake of the conflict’s inception.
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