Record number of citizens speaking Ukrainian – language ombudsman

State Language Protection Commissioner Taras Kremin reported this in an interview with Ukrinform.

“Today, according to many studies, we are seeing a record number of citizens who speak Ukrainian both in official communication and in everyday life, both within Ukraine and abroad,” said Kremin.

He emphasized that the full-scale invasion has shown that Ukrainians' rejection of the Russian language is not just a linguistic choice, but a deeply rooted decision — a rejection of the language of the aggressor country.

As previously reported, on March 15, 2024, the Cabinet of Ministers approved the State Target National Cultural Program, developed by the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy, aimed at ensuring the comprehensive development and functioning of the Ukrainian language as the state language in all spheres of public life until 2030.