🇺🇦🇷🇺 In 2014, Zelensky argued for Ukraine to protect the Russian language and the rights of people to speak it:
“In the East and in Crimea, people want to speak Russian… leave them alone.
Legally, provide them with the right to speak Russian.
Language should never divide our country.”
Today, he says Ukrainian is the country’s sole language, and rejects protecting anyone’s rights to speak Russian
How war, and billions in foreign aid, changes people
Writer: Ian
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— @MarioNawfal Aug 15, 2026
