🤦#Russia exploits the new opportunity to promote false narratives about #Ukraine: this time, on the sidelines of #EURO2020. Read on to learn more ⤵️ 
After the new uniform design for #Ukrainian football players was presented with the map of #Ukraine including #Crimea, the #Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed its outrage and called the shirt design “a trompe-l'oeil” or a fake.
The shirts will also have slogans “Glory to #Ukraine!” and “Glory to the heroes!” on them, which are traditional patriotic greetings. The #Russian MFA seized this opportunity to portray Ukraine as a “Nazi” state claiming the slogans echoed a German Nazi rallying cry.
Russian MP Dmitry Svishchev adds to the attack saying the shirt design was “a political provocation” and showing a map of #Ukraine “which includes a #Russian territory is illegal.”
Thus, the #Kremlin’s propaganda yet again attempts to discredit #Ukraine’s image by pushing its agenda via international platforms. However, it has proven to be fruitless: #Crimea is internationally recognized as Ukrainian, while #Russia is known as an aggressor state.
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