Ukrainian

[yoo-krey-nee-uhn, -krahy-]

adjective

1. of or relating to Ukraine, its people, or their language.

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Ukraine.

2. a Slavic language spoken in Ukraine, closely related to Russian.

Ukrainian

/ juːˈkreɪnɪən /

adjective

1. of or relating to Ukraine, its people, or their language

noun

1. the official language of Ukraine: an East Slavonic language closely related to Russian

2. a native or inhabitant of Ukraine

Other Word Forms

• non-Ukrainian adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of Ukrainian¹

First recorded in 1810–20; Ukraine + -ian

Example Sentences

In a rare acknowledgment during a meeting Thursday with Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev, Putin said that missiles fired by Russian air defenses after Ukrainian drones entered Russian airspace had detonated near an Azerbaijan Airlines plane.

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In U.S.-brokered peace talks earlier this year, Russian and Ukrainian negotiators discussed a cease-fire on each other’s energy infrastructure.

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Those wargames have included shooting down air attacks on the Northern Fleet, Russia’s premier NATO-facing fleet, as well as carrying out drills with electronic warfare equipment that Moscow uses to disable Ukrainian drones.

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“I have seen absolutely no evidence that President Putin has any interest in a negotiated peace short of Ukrainian capitulation,” said Richard Moore, during a speech in Turkey.

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It is part of Russia’s growing strategy to terrorize civilians in an effort to sap Ukrainians’ strength to resist in the fourth year of war.

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