Russia protests Ukraine’s Euro 2020 football tournament kit

Ukraine national football team’s kit features Russian-annexed Crimea and popular nationalist slogans.

Ukraine’s football federation has unveiled the national team’s Euro 2020 kits that features Russian-annexed Crimea and popular nationalist slogans, prompting Moscow’s ire. Postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, Euro 2020 will be played from June 11 to July 11 across 11 cities including Saint Petersburg. In a statement published on Facebook on Sunday, Andriy Pavelko,  president of the Football Federation of Ukraine, said Ukrainian players will wear “special uniforms” and posted photos of the jerseys in the blue-and-yellow colours of the Ukrainian flag.