Flag of Ukraine

The flag of Ukraine is the national flag of Ukraine which has two equally sized horizontal bands of blue and yellow. The combination of blue and yellow as a symbol of Ukrainian lands comes from the flag of the Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia used in the 12th century. As a national flag, the blue and yellow bicolour has been used since the 1848 Spring of Nations, when it was hoisted over Lviv Town Hall. It was officially adopted as a state flag for the first time in 1918 by the short-lived West Ukrainian People's Republic and subsequently used by the Ukrainian People's Republic. When Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union, the flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic was used and the bicolour flag was outlawed. The blue and yellow flag was provisionally adopted for official ceremonies in September 1991 following Ukrainian independence, before officially being restored on 28 January 1992 by the Parliament of Ukraine.

Quotes

Murmansk residents have now been labelled foreign agents given that the region’s coat of arms is yellow and blue, the colors of Ukraine.
- As curated by Paul A. Goble, "Pamfilova Tells Putin Not to Despair: He’s Still Young and can Count on Getting 100 Percent in Some Future Election", Window on Eurasia (March 20, 2024)

I stay at home, in Ukraine, because we are all in our Homeland, there is no other. And we will defend it together until the very victory - without division into party columns, without personal interests and old arguments. United we stand around the Flag.
- Leonid Kuchma, as quoted in "'Damn you all!' - Kuchma on Russian invasion of Ukraine" (10 March 2022), UkrInform

[T]here is no blood on our flag. There are not and will never be black spots on it. There are no and will never be any swastikas on it. The Ukrainian flag is the land. Peaceful, fertile, golden and without tanks. This is the sky. Peaceful, clear, blue and without missiles. So it was. And so it will be.
- Volodymyr Zelenskyy, "The future of the continent is being decided by us with our resistance and by our friends with their help - address by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy" (March 2022)