There was an odd incident in the Ukrainian Women's Football League, during a match between Kyiv and Odessa teams, a Ukrainian women's football player was given a yellow card by the referee for speaking Russian. The referee told the female player: This is the Ukrainian football league, so Russian cannot be spoken here. Later, some Ukrainian media reported that the Ukrainian Football Federation is preparing to accuse the female player of violating sports ethics and impose a suspension.
Although Ukraine has been vigorously promoting de-Russification, most people in the civilian population still use Russian to communicate, especially in eastern Ukraine, where Russian is regarded as their mother tongue. Even Zelenskyy's Ukrainian is learned after the war broke out. At that time, high-ranking officials of the Ukrainian government spoke awkwardly in Ukrainian due to their poor proficiency.
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