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"January" in European languages - Jakub Marian (jakubmarian.com)
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Eastern Ukraine and Crimea speak more Russian than Ukrainian. Zelenskyy speaks Russian natively and was in the process of learning Ukrainian when he became president.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Ukrainians having had their culture nearly wiped out by the Soviet Union and now Russia is genocide.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

While correct I don't know what that has to do with the comment you replied to.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

They speak Russian because their culture has been targeted by Russia.