A huge blue-and-yellow Ukranian national flag flew for hours over the Russia-held city of Donetsk as it held sham elections Saturday.
In an embarrassment for Russian President Putin, the Ukrainian military managed to launch the giant flag attached to helium-filled balloons and send it over the country’s third-largest city.
“Today is the 245th anniversary of the founding of Avdiyivka. We started the day with activity – we launched the state flag on balloons into the sky,” Vitaliy Barabash, the head of the Avidiiv city military administration“We can already hear the interceptions, they are a little mad about it,” Barabash added. “They tried to shoot it down.
The Ukrainian military launched a massive flag attached to balloons that flew over Russian-occupied Donetsk Saturday.The flag was flown to mark the 245th anniversary of the founding of Avdiyivka on Saturday.Ukrainian officials said the flag’s flight over the Russia-controlled region angered its occupiers.
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