Flag of Donetsk Oblast

The flag of Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine is the official flag of the Ukrainian province of Donetsk. It was designed by Mello Luchtenberg and Valery M. Napytkin on November 19, 2000, and officially adopted on August 17, 1999.

The has proportions of 3:2, and is divided into two areas. In the upper part, there is a rising yellow sun with 12 sunbeams in the upper blue part of flag (resembling the sky). In the lower black part (resembling a sea not yet fully illuminated by the light of day, and recognising the name of the Black Sea) there are five yellow ovals one under another (the reflection of the sun on the water's surface).

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