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noun
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the official language of Ukraine: an East Slavonic language closely related to Russian
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a native or inhabitant of Ukraine
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He took on a leading role last year in talks aimed at ending the Russia-Ukraine war, taking on foreign trips and meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
“We have to increase the speed of interceptors and the altitude they can work at,” to match the new jet-powered drones, said Oleksiy Komlichenko, chief business development officer at Noctis, a Ukrainian defense-technology company.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Ukrainian children go back to school after their summer holidays on Tuesday and the Kyiv regional military administration said there must be no large events "in areas with a high level of risk".
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
Berezhna says Russia has attacked over 1,900 pieces of Ukrainian heritage and more than 2,000 cultural institutions.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
As we continued, sound effects—a raging underground river, voices speaking in Ukrainian and accented English—led you through the cave, but there was nothing to see in this game.
From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green
The Nepal Tourism Board put the number of Ukrainians still missing Friday at 61.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
Ukrainians appear to be heeding the advice of authorities.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
While German officials did not disclose the suspect's nationality, the Romanian police source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said it was one of the two young Ukrainians arrested in October.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
Ukrainians fear this could be the first in a wave of brutal assaults leading up to Ukrainian independence day on Monday—a date on which Moscow has often launched huge missile barrages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Would she believe that Poles, Jews, Ukrainians, Armenians, and Hungarians had all coexisted peacefully in Lwów before the war?
From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys
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