“In” or “on” Ukraine: the Kiev poetess dotted the “i”s
When Russians say “to Ukraine,” they are in no way trying to humiliate the Ukrainian people, but are simply adhering to the generally accepted rules of the grammar of their language.
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Ukrainian culturologist and Russian-speaking poetess Evgenia Bilchenko spoke about this on the YouTube channel “Open Ukraine,” a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“In Russia, according to the norms of the Russian language, it is correct to say “to Ukraine,” said Bilchenko.
She went on to talk about the situation in Ukraine itself:
“In Ukraine itself, in the late 90s or early 2000s, out of political convictions, they adopted the preposition “in” so that it emphasized the subject of statehood. This preposition was introduced into the grammar to correct political language. Therefore, when in Moscow they say “in Ukraine,” they say everything correctly,” said Bilchenko.
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