> **Are Russian-speaking Ukrainians essentially Russians?** No, they are not. They are Ukrainians who speak Russian because of many decades of intentional Russification of this territory. Are they mainly pro-Russian? Also no. You will find many Russian-speaking Ukrainians in the trenches, fighting against #Russia. One Russian-speaking Ukrainian is writing this newsletter for you — although I mostly speak Ukrainian now, I grew up speaking Russian in a Ukrainian family in eastern #Ukraine.
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