Blue And Gold: Ukrainian Flag Becomes Worldwide Symbol
- By RFE/RL
Since Russia's February invasion, the yellow and blue colors of the Ukrainian flag have been projected and painted onto landmarks around the world.
![A bus painted in the colors of Ukraine's flag in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk on October 3.](https://gdb.rferl.org/04020000-0aff-0242-2ed5-08daa6be62e2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A bus painted in the colors of Ukraine's flag in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk on October 3.
![The London Eye is illuminated in yellow and blue to mark 30 years of Ukrainian independence on August 24. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/04210000-0aff-0242-3a9d-08daa6bea268_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The London Eye is illuminated in yellow and blue to mark 30 years of Ukrainian independence on August 24.
![Kyiv's Soviet-era motherland monument is lit with Ukrainian colors on August 24. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/04020000-0aff-0242-855d-08daa6be62e1_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Kyiv's Soviet-era motherland monument is lit with Ukrainian colors on August 24.
![A worker cleans off paint in the colors of the Ukrainian flag from a decorative granite ball on an embankment of Yekaterinburg, Russia, on August 11. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/04020000-0aff-0242-b031-08daa6bea0b5_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A worker cleans off paint in the colors of the Ukrainian flag from a decorative granite ball on an embankment of Yekaterinburg, Russia, on August 11.
![A fence near the Russian Embassy building in Washington, D.C. on July 5. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/04210000-0aff-0242-263b-08daa6be9b39_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A fence near the Russian Embassy building in Washington, D.C. on July 5.
![France's Eiffel Tower is illuminated in solidarity with Ukraine on May 9. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/04230000-0aff-0242-5e6f-08daa6be91db_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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France's Eiffel Tower is illuminated in solidarity with Ukraine on May 9.
![The Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, lit up in Ukrainian colors on May 9. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/04230000-0aff-0242-ed13-08daa6be90db_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, lit up in Ukrainian colors on May 9.
![Cooling towers of the Drax Power Station in North Yorkshire, England, on April 1. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/04230000-0aff-0242-0073-08daa6be8b18_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Cooling towers of the Drax Power Station in North Yorkshire, England, on April 1.
![A couple walk past a mural in Barcelona, Spain, on May 9. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/04230000-0aff-0242-ed60-08daa6be8f04_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A couple walk past a mural in Barcelona, Spain, on May 9.
![The Ukrainian flag is projected onto the ice ahead of a hockey match between the Calgary Flames and the Edmonton Oilers in Calgary, Canada, on March 7. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/04020000-0aff-0242-88fa-08daa6be76db_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The Ukrainian flag is projected onto the ice ahead of a hockey match between the Calgary Flames and the Edmonton Oilers in Calgary, Canada, on March 7.
![A policeman and bronze lion guard the Spanish parliament in Madrid on March 1. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/04020000-0aff-0242-bdda-08daa6beab60_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A policeman and bronze lion guard the Spanish parliament in Madrid on March 1.
![A man walks past a freshly painted wall in Vienna on March 1. The wall is next to a memorial (on the right) to Soviet soldiers who drove out Nazi forces from the Austrian capital during World War II. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/04020000-0aff-0242-5e5b-08daa6be74d2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man walks past a freshly painted wall in Vienna on March 1. The wall is next to a memorial (on the right) to Soviet soldiers who drove out Nazi forces from the Austrian capital during World War II.
![Tokyo's Metropolitan Government building is illuminated with the colors of the Ukrainian national flag on March 1. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/04020000-0aff-0242-1be0-08daa6beb713_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Tokyo's Metropolitan Government building is illuminated with the colors of the Ukrainian national flag on March 1.
![An abandoned former hotel in the Moldovan capital, Chisinau, on February 27. The graffiti at the top of the building says "No to War." ](https://gdb.rferl.org/04020000-0aff-0242-cfc5-08daa6be75bf_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An abandoned former hotel in the Moldovan capital, Chisinau, on February 27. The graffiti at the top of the building says "No to War."
![Youths spray-paint figures depicting Soviet soldiers in a park in central Sofia, Bulgaria, on February 27. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/04210000-0aff-0242-29c5-08daa6be62e1_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Youths spray-paint figures depicting Soviet soldiers in a park in central Sofia, Bulgaria, on February 27.
![Ukrainians gather near Lisbon's City Hall in Portugal on February 24, the day Russia launched its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/04210000-0aff-0242-e4b7-08daa6beb4db_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Ukrainians gather near Lisbon's City Hall in Portugal on February 24, the day Russia launched its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.
![City Hall in the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo, is lit up in yellow and blue on the evening of February 24. ](https://gdb.rferl.org/04230000-0aff-0242-0fad-08daa6be62e5_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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City Hall in the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo, is lit up in yellow and blue on the evening of February 24.