[ganeemead]

"Zelensky didn’t know a word of Ukrainian prior to being thrown into the presidency by one of the oligarchs. He has been taking lessons though he has a tendency to drift into Russian when he gets excited..."

Ukrainian is basically a dead language.

[linMcHlp]

https://www.economist.com/europe/2022/08/25/russian-speakers-in-ukraine-are-struggling-to-learn-a-new-tongue

[Cathi]

“Ukrainian is basically a dead language.”
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Unfortunately for the Ukrainian nationalists Ukraine is on the path to basically being a dead country. They have lost most of their current GDP to Russia. At best they are going to end up being a rump state with no access to the sea unless they stop this war before Russia annexes Odessa.