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[–] Barbarian@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Got a Ukrainian family friend from the east side of Ukraine, spoke Russian as her primary language and knew some Ukrainian.

Once the invasion started, she vowed to never speak Russian again and spent months trying to get fluent in Ukrainian.

[–] vettnerk@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wasn't Zelensky (I probably misspelled that) also primarily russian speaking before he went into politics?

[–] volodymyr@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

He was, yes. He speaks perfectly now.

[–] volodymyr@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah, most of my formerly russian-speaking friends are like that. Tl