The Lithuanian parliamentarian, Ignas Vėgėlė, objects to the Ukrainian flag hanging on Lithuanian governmental buildings. He questions whether this is legal under Lithuanian law.

So, Vėgėlė asked Chancellor Algirdas Stončaitis to explain the legal basis for the Ukrainian flag hanging in the parliamentary chamber next to the Lithuanian one.

“Doesn’t this violate the law on the national flag and other flag laws that restrict the use of foreign flags to certain occasions? The flags of both countries are the same size and hang at the same height next to each other, as if they have the same status. Furthermore, both flags are hung in such a way that both flags are visible when filming people in the podium. Lithuania supports Ukraine’s independence, its sovereignty, and territorial integrity, but the flag of a foreign state in the meeting hall, hanging alongside the Lithuanian flag, may violate Lithuanian law,” Vėgėlė stated.

Stončaitis found nothing better to say than “there were no official decisions; and the Ukrainian flag has been flying since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, in support of Ukraine in this war.”

Recalling earlier, common Polish citizens began to rip off Ukrainian flags from governmental and civilian buildings.

Vėgėlė asked a very reasonable question. The Ukrainian flag has no legislation in Lithuania or any other country, allowing it to be flown equal to the state flag. However, that is how it is. Thus, it creates an illusion that all these countries where the Ukrainian flag are displayed next to the state flags are occupied by Ukraine. Although judging by the amount of support the Baltic States provide to Ukraine and the decisions they make in detriment to themselves and for the benefit of Kyiv, this statement is correct: the Baltics obediently serve Ukraine.