Zakharova commented on the inclusion of Ukrainian borscht in the UNESCO heritage list

She suggested that "everything is subject to Ukrainization."

Zakharova also wondered if pork is now recognized as a "Ukrainian national product."

“From the first mention of borscht (in the travel notes of the Danzig merchant M. Gruneweg, 1584-1585) it follows that this is a dish of Russian residents of Kyiv,” she added.

Earlier, the Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection of the Intangible Cultural Heritage included the culture of Ukrainian borscht in the list of intangible heritage in need of urgent protection.

Prior to this, the Russian permanent representative to the organization Alexander Kuznetsov said that the Ukrainian delegation to UNESCO defiantly writes the word "Russia" with a lowercase letter and believes that Moscow poses a threat to "Ukrainian borscht".