Russia understands the power of language. And Ukrainians continue to teach their children Russian

Russia plans to exclude Ukrainian language from primary, basic and secondary education programs in the occupied territories from the new school year.

Until now, parents in the Russian-occupied districts of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions, areas where the ethnic majority has been Ukrainians for centuries, could still choose Ukrainian for their children's education. And, by the way, there is a well-known statistic: in 2023, 46 percent of parents in the occupied part of Zaporizhzhia region did so. But now this option will no longer exist. The Ukrainian language in the occupied Ukrainian territories is finally being marginalized, turning into an unnecessary and even dangerous language.

While discussions continue in Ukrainian society – when some of our compatriots continue to call for not focusing public attention on language issues and argue that this divides Ukrainians – Russia is confidently and methodically uniting everyone. In Russian .

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