The Prime Minister of Ukraine and around 20 members of his cabinet proudly wore the jersey of their national football team on Wednesday during a government meeting.
One way to salute their qualification for the quarter-finals of the Euro after a victory at the end of extra time last Tuesday against Sweden.
The Ukrainian Prime Minister led a government meeting on Wednesday wearing the jersey of the national football team, the day after a suspenseful victory against Sweden at the Euro.
"I would like to congratulate and thank our guys and coaches for this victory," said Denys Chmyhal, surrounded by twenty members of his cabinet also dressed in yellow and blue outfits.
"It motivates and unites the country," he continued to the applause of his staff.
The mayor of Kiev also wears the tunic
Ukraine advanced to the quarter-finals on Tuesday after beating Sweden 2-1, after extra time, and will face England in Rome on Saturday. This is the first time that the Ukrainian team has gone so far in a Euro football. To celebrate, the current mayor of Kiev, former boxing champion Vitali Klitschko, also took out the jersey. "Go Ukraine! Glory to the heroes!" He wrote in a message accompanied by a photo of him wearing the national colors.
This jersey recently found itself at the heart of a diplomatic incident between Russia and Ukraine, whose relations have been appalling since Moscow's annexation of Crimea in 2014 and the eruption of a conflict between Kiev and the United States. pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine.
The Russian authorities were offended by the presence on the Ukrainian uniform of a map of the country including Crimea and the separatist zones, as well as two Ukrainian patriotic slogans deemed nationalist by Moscow: "Glory to Ukraine! Glory to the Heroes! "
Seized by Russia, UEFA partially agreed with him and asked Kiev, after negotiations, to cover this second formula, embroidered inside the jersey, with a mini map of the country.