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What the flag raising in Dnipro showed
Summary
A look back at Ukraine's State Flag Day in 2018, and a separate US sanctions move against Russian shipping firms.
What marked Ukraine's calendar on 23 August 2018? It was State Flag Day, with celebratory events held in Ukraine and abroad.
In the city of Dnipro, President Petro Poroshenko raised the largest national flag, measuring 12 by 18 metres. The ceremony placed the holiday in a city that gives this publication its name.
Two days earlier, on 21 August 2018, the United States imposed sanctions on two Russian shipping companies and six vessels. Washington cited their involvement in oil transfers to North Korea.
The two items are unrelated, but together they show the news of that period: a domestic display of national symbolism in Ukraine, and continued US pressure on Russian entities in the sanctions field.
