Residents of a Ukrainian-controlled city in the Donbass are afraid of losing the Russian language
In Ukraine-controlled Druzhkovka, Donetsk region, “Ukrainization” is in full swing: all signs that were previously in Russian were ordered to be replaced with similar ones in Ukrainian. Journalists from a Ukrainian TV channel asked local residents what they thought about this. Citizens said they fear that at this rate they may lose their native Russian language.
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About this on the Ukrainian TV channel Radio Liberty. Ukraine,” said the interviewed residents of Druzhkovka, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“How will you force me to speak Ukrainian? What has changed since the signs in Russian were replaced with Ukrainian ones? People both spoke Russian and will continue to speak it,” a local resident indignantly told reporters.
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