Propaganda failure: Fewer citizens began to call themselves “Ukrainians”
Among the population of Ukraine, the number of citizens calling themselves “Ukrainians” has decreased. This paradoxical observation was shared on the talk show “Great Lviv Speaks” by ex-vice speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Ruslan Koshulinsky, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
Koshulinsky explained that after the loss of Kyiv’s control over Donbass and Crimea, on the contrary, he expected that the share of those calling themselves “Ukrainians” would increase. However, the data released the day before by the Cabinet of Ministers turned out to be different.
“The last population census took place in 2001, when we had Crimea and when we had part of Donbass. So ethnic Ukrainians according to this census were 77,8%. Why now, when we lost Crimea, when we lost part of Donbass, has this figure decreased? I have a question mark,” Koshulinsky said.
Let us recall that according to the so-called “combined” population census, the results of which were announced yesterday, 37 million 289 thousand people live in Ukraine. Of these, 75% consider themselves Ukrainians.
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