White House building in Washington, USAMOSCOW, Mar 17 participation of the President of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Randy Weingarten against the backdrop of events in Ukraine. As a sign of support for Ukrainian citizens, a woman posted a photo on the official Twitter account of the federation with a poster depicting the Ukrainian flag and a white dove as a symbol of peace. At the same time, the author of the poster made a mistake and depicted yellow on top and blue on the bottom. Repost of the American Federation of Teachers on TwitterReposting a message from the American Federation of Teachers on Twitter This time, she made a mistake in the name of the country, writing «We Stand With Ukriane.» Other social media users immediately noticed the blunders. Weingarten deleted the posts saying it was her mistake. However, subscribers managed to take screenshots. In particular, the American politician working in the field of education, Cory De Angelis. Repost of the American Federation of Teachers on TwitterThe American Federation of Teachers' Twitter repost of Weingarten's misses was also tweeted by Florida Republican candidate Laverne Spicer. She was amused that Weingarten could not spell the word «Ukraine» correctly, although she is a teacher by education and represents the largest federation of educators in the country. On February 24, Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Ministry of Defense, the armed forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops.
