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To: BenLurkin

I don’t know about that. There is such a thing as the Ukrainian language. And there is a Belarusian language. So I think it can be fairly argued that neither country is a made-up one.

Now, should each country exist as an independent nation? That’s a whole other subject.


3 posted on 02/06/2026 3:06:00 PM PST by Leaning Right (It's morning in America. Again.)
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To: Leaning Right

Yes.
The usage of Ukrainian language is now rising.
After the Russian invasion, everybody n Ukraine started to speak Ukrainian.
That invasion really defined Ukraine as a nation!
However Belarusian language is now suppressed.
The dictator Lukashenko wants to get rid of it!

There is no such a language as Moldovan.
Just some minor dialect differences within Romanian.
Stalin wanted more land to grab, so he grabbed Moldova from Romania during WWII.


5 posted on 02/06/2026 4:33:05 PM PST by AZJeep (sane )
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To: Leaning Right; BenLurkin

Russian and Ukrainian are only about 60% mutually comprehensible.

Belarussian and Russian are about 75% mutually comprehensible.

Moldovan and Romanian are 99% mutually comprehensible.

Moldova is a chunk of Romania grabbed by the USSR in 1944.

Just like Northern Macedonia is really a chunk of Bulgaria


8 posted on 02/06/2026 8:45:01 PM PST by Cronos
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