The US and British embassies cheered the shirts. Those who have begun "hissing", Kuleba added, could not bear the sight of Ukraine's "internationally recognised borders." "We will not allow anyone to insult our national symbols. "I really like our team's new uniform," Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Twitter. Ukraine ran out 4-0 winners over the Cypriots thanks to a brace from West Ham forward Andriy Yarmolenko, including the opening penalty, a second penalty by Manchester City's Oleksandr Zinchenko and Romain Yaremchuk's effort rounding up a solid showing in their new kit. Ukraine's football association told AFP the national team wore the kit for the first time in a Euro 2020 warm-up against Cyprus in the northeastern city of Kharkiv on Monday. The shirts also feature the words "Glory to Ukraine! Glory to the Heroes!"
Kiev has provoked Moscow's ire after its football association unveiled Euro 2020 kits that show the outline of Ukraine including Crimea, which was annexed by Russia in 2014. Ukraine insisted Monday it would not allow anyone to insult its football kit that features Moscow-annexed Crimea, while Western allies gave the uniforms emblazoned with popular patriotic chants a thumbs up.
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