The bigger stakes here aren’t about flags on council buildings, they’re about whether UK local authorities treat Ukraine solidarity as a cross-party norm or a partisan signal. By publicly nudging Reform UK-run councils to restore Ukrainian flags, Zelenskyy is testing how much soft-power support he still has in parts of Britain that are skeptical of continued involvement in the war. If councils hold the line, it could normalize more visible foreign-policy signaling at the local level; if they backtrack, it shows how quickly symbolic gestures can become bargaining chips in domestic politics. #ForeignPolicy