{
  "id": 2801833,
  "title": "Record Over the Sea: Border Guards Use a Drone to Raise a 12-by-6-Meter Ukrainian Flag",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/record-over-the-sea-border-guards-use-a-drone-to-raise-a-12-by-6",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-23T13:41:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "UATV English",
    "slug": "uatv-english",
    "url": "https://uatv.ua/en/record-over-the-sea-border-guards-use-a-drone-to-raise-a-12-by-6-meter-ukrainian-flag/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On Ukraine's State Flag Day, today, August 23, border guards from the Odesa unit employed a drone to hoist the largest Ukrainian flag ever raised by a drone over the Black Sea. According to the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, the flag measured 12 by 6 meters, stretching 12 meters across and 6 meters high. This remarkable feat was reported by UATV English.\n\nAt moments such as these, Commander Oleksii Neizhpapa of the Ukrainian Navy reflects on his fellow servicemen at sea, serving in combat roles, and those who tirelessly ensure the Ukrainian flag continues to wave over Ukrainian cities. He also ponders the nation's future and the forthcoming Victory in the conflict.\n\nPresident Volodymyr Zelenskyy and foreign dignitaries participated in the ceremonial flag-raising event in Kyiv. The President expressed gratitude to international allies for their support of Ukraine.\n\nState Flag Day celebrations were held in Kyiv, with European leaders in attendance.",
  "summary": "On Ukraine's State Flag Day today, August 23, border guards from the Odesa unit raised a massive blue-and-yellow flag over the waters of the Black Sea using a drone. This was reported by the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, UATV English reports. The flag measured 12 by 6 meters — the largest Ukrainian flag ever raised by a drone in the region. \"At moments like these, I always think of our…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Ajel English",
        "title": "Border guards foil attempt to smuggle over 38,000 regulated pills in Jazan",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/border-guards-foil-attempt-to-smuggle-over-38-000-regulated-pills-in",
        "published": "2026-08-23T11:49:47.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}