Thread: Ukrainian vs. Belarusian

Originally Posted by Doomer

No, not all
But decent amount of Ukrainians speak Russian

I hardly believe there are some Ukrainians who do not speak any Russian at all.
Well, maybe there are very few of them in Ukrainian-speaking parts, mostly younger generation who got their education after the USSR dissolution. But I am not sure.

Originally Posted by Боб Уайтман

I hardly believe there are some Ukrainians who do not speak any Russian at all.
Well, maybe there are very few of them in Ukrainian-speaking parts, mostly younger generation who got their education after the USSR dissolution. But I am not sure.

Western part of Ukraine doesn't speak Russian. Even if some people there might understand Russian they will not speak it. That's what essentially matters
There are Ukrainians here in Chicago who don't speak Russian but only Ukrainian and English (well, maybe Polish too), the cities you mentioned are all from the Russian-speaking part of Ukraine (except maybe Kiev, which is half Russian)