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The Russian language is one of the main nominal reasons for the invasion of Ukraine. And yet, millions of Ukrainians continue to speak it — they spoke it as children, with their parents, read books in it, studied in Russian-language schools. For this interview, I asked Russian-speaking Ukrainians via Instagram to respond and invited them to talk about it. This is what we got. Please watch this episode, subscribe to the channel and write a comment — in any language you like. My resources: / vipsauna — Instagram with reels about culture and history https://vraevskiy.com — website with original excursions https://t.me/vipsauna — Telegram channel about current events that have already happened https://t.me/vipsauna_bot — bot for questions and suggestions In this episode: 01:10 — What is this episode about? 01:52 — Native language — Russian? Ukrainian? Surzhyk? 12:03 – What is it like to be a Russian-speaking Ukrainian now? 18:56 – Are Ukrainian Russian and Russian Russian one language? 25:46 – Does Ukraine need Russian literature and Pushkin? 41:15 – Russian language after 2014 and 2022 – how to speak it? 56:25 – Is there a future for the Russian language in Ukraine?