Editing Ukrainians (section)

===Symbols===
{{Main|Flag of Ukraine|Coat of arms of Ukraine}}
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File:Lesser Coat of Arms of Ukraine.svg|[[Coat of arms of Ukraine]]
File:Flag of Ukraine.svg|[[Flag of Ukraine]]
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Ukraine's national symbols include [[Flag of Ukraine|its flag]] and [[Coat of arms of Ukraine|its coat of arms]].

The national flag of Ukraine is a blue and yellow bicolour rectangle. The colour fields are of same form and equal size. The colours of the flag represent a blue sky above yellow fields of wheat.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kmu.gov.ua/control/en/publish/article%3Fart_id%3D235970%26cat_id%3D32672|title=Government portal- State symbols of Ukraine|publisher=Kmu.gov.ua|date=24 October 2012|access-date=2 November 2012|archive-date=9 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009182405/http://www.kmu.gov.ua/control/en/publish/article%3Fart_id%3D235970%26cat_id%3D32672|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia|author=Whitney Smith|url=http://www.britannica.com/topic/flag-of-Ukraine#949947.hook|title=Flag of Ukraine|encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica|access-date=15 March 2016|archive-date=7 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407224036/https://www.britannica.com/topic/flag-of-Ukraine#949947.hook|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/flags/up-flag.html|title=Flag of Ukraine|work=The World Factbook|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070613014250/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/flags/up-flag.html|archive-date=13 June 2007}}</ref> The flag was designed for the convention of the [[Supreme Ruthenian Council]], meeting in [[Lviv]] in October 1848. Its colours were based on the coat-of-arms of the [[Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia|Kingdom of Ruthenia]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Weeks, Andrew|url=http://www.crwflags.com/FOTW/FLAGS/ua-flhis.html#ori|title=Ukraine – History of the Flag|publisher=Crwflags.com|date=29 December 2012|access-date=15 March 2016|archive-date=20 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920000602/https://www.crwflags.com/FOTW/FLAGS/ua-flhis.html#ori|url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[Coat of arms of Ukraine]] features the same colours found on the [[Flag of Ukraine|Ukrainian flag]]: a blue [[shield]] with yellow [[trident]]—the symbol of ancient [[East Slavic people|East Slavic]] tribes that once lived in Ukraine, later adopted by [[Ruthenians|Ruthenian]] and [[Kievan Rus]] rulers.{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}