Lots of flags but little enthusiasm for Ukraine’s ‘Unity Day’

February 16, which some Western media reported was a potential date for an all-out attack, was declared “Unity Day” by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in an attempt to reclaim it for Ukrainians.

Yet, in Mariupol in eastern Ukraine, just 20km (12 miles) from the front line of a conflict with Russian-backed separatists, there was little interest.

In the capital, Kyiv, some said the international journalists reporting on a small Unity Day gathering outnumbered the Ukrainians marking it.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/2/16/ukraine-unity-day-lots-of-flags-little-enthusiasm