Blue Skies Over Golden Fields of Grain

The Ukrainian flag is literally about grain

MartinEdic

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Photo by Yehor Milohrodskyi on Unsplash

It’s a very familiar sight these days, that simple flag with a bright blue bar over a lush yellow bar. It’s a symbol of defiance in the face of fascism, and of people fighting for their homes, families, livelihoods, and country. But there is more to it than that and more to Ukraine than many in the west realize.

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MartinEdic

Mastodon: @martinedic@md.dm, Writer, nine non-fiction books, two novels, Buddhist, train lover. Amateur cook, lover of life most of the time!