Ukraine flag appears on big screen during Putin visit to Kazakhstan

Kazakh police are investigating the brief appearance of the Ukrainian flag on a large LED screen in the capital, Astana, during Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit there, Kazakhstan’s Interior Ministry said on Thursday. Yellow – appeared on a screen late Wednesday instead of the Russian white, blue and red tricolor. Main roads of Astana. Putin was already in town at the time, and it was soon off-screen, but photos and videos of the incident quickly began circulating online. Technical failure and hacker attack. According to an opinion poll last year, a majority of Kazakhs are neutral on the Russia-Ukraine war, but among the rest, pro-Ukraine outnumbers pro-Russia. On Thursday, Kazakhstan’s tenge fell to an all-time low against the US dollar after the Russian ruble weakened sharply.