UKRAINE has thanked Scotland for the creation of a tartan showing solidarity with the country – as Russia continues its invasion.

Keith-based Great Scot is selling the scarves and kilts featuring the tartan to raise money for the Disaster Emergency Committee's Ukraine fund.

It combines the colours of Scotland and Ukraine, and was launched after a rapid design process.

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Now, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has thanked Scotland for the “Ukraine Forever” tartan.

It tweeted: "A new Ukraine tartan has been registered in Scotland’s national tartan register. The new ornament named ‘Ukraine forever’. Thank you! 💙💛”

The National spoke to the founder of online tartan retailer Great Scot last week – as she told of her plan to send President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a kilt using the tartan.

Margo Page McCoy wanted her business to help in a way that went beyond signing a one-off cheque.

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She said: “For us it’s about what did we generate? What can we as a sovereign nation do to understand the challenges of another sovereign nation and what can we do to feel like we’re leaving a legacy long after this big news story has dissipated, I want to keep on giving so when it’s all done and dusted the next generation pick up the tartan when I’m lying dead in the ground and say ‘oh my god this is the tartan that shows Scotland’s alliance with Ukraine’.

“And we’ve got to make sure that every mill that we’re associated with touches this. I want to try to create jobs at every point in the process.

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“When we were in the showroom working on it, there were people shedding tears when we were talking about the reasons why we put this there, centre lines here, this to the left and that to the right, why we wouldn’t use black and why optimism had to shine out of this.

“What I’m taken by is how many people are buying, for instance, a scarf, and they’re making statements like ‘don’t bother about sending it to me, can you just donate the scarf as well’?

“The kindness coming from people … it gives you goosebumps.”

The Ukraine Forever tartan, which has been registered with the Scottish Tartans Authority, is now available to pre-order on the Great Scot website and products will be sent out to customers in the coming weeks. There’s no limit on how long the product will be on sale for, Page McCoy said.