I’m not alone in wanting to show solidarity, and taking this step has become a global symbol of unity, says the Guardian’s chief culture writer Charlotte Higgins
Speaking the language has become a global symbol of solidarity with the victims of Vladimir Putin’s aggressionLast modified on Mon 2 Jan 2023 19.12 GMTast autumn, I started to learn Ukrainian. After a reporting trip to the country, I felt that on my return, I really should try to be less than totally linguistically helpless.
Like most Ukrainians I have met, she greets such problems with bracing realism; things could easily get more difficult, she says. “After each attack it’s getting worse and worse,” she says. “But we will find new ways to adapt.” I also tune into the, in which a cheerful and charming voice belonging to teacher Anna Ohoiko guides me through the early steps of learning a language: saying hello, describing family, and eating out.
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