Comments by "1midnightfish" (@1midnightfish) on "09 Dec: FOOLED \u0026 KILLED. Russians Fall for the SIMPLEST TRAP. | War in Ukraine Explained" video.

@daveroberts7295 The thing is, Ukraine has been a multilingual country for a long time, in large part for colonial reasons. Many Ukrainians speak fluent russian - as well as Ukrainian, spoken to some degree by most Ukrainians and fluently by millions, plus Crimean Tatar, Hungarian, Rom, Polish and other languages spoken by people with the corresponding heritage. Obviously it would be great if russian became less and less relevant in Ukraine... but for now, having full command of the enemy's language is definitely an advantage and I'm glad to see they're using it.
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They expected submission. Because it's all they understand.
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@zoeherriot Absolutely. It just doesn't work the other way round - Ukraine was russified so aggressively that regardless of the many obvious differences between the two languages, russian-speaking Ukrainians aren't as easy to detect as russians trying to speak Ukrainian 😁 russians who genuinely make an effort to learn Ukrainian, typically those living in the country at the moment, can and do learn it well, I've watched a few interviews 💙💛
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