Russian has long been widely used in Ukraine, but when Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed to protect the Russian speakers of the Donbas and Crimea, the question of which language Ukrainians use became political – many deliberately switched to Ukrainian.
Ukrainian vs. Russian Language
Hromadske: Political scientist on language and political preferences in Ukraine
An activist holds a placard reading "France speaks French, Ukraine speaks Ukrainian" during a rally in front of the Ukrainian parliament in Kyiv on April 25, 2019.
