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11. Ukrainians are not Russian. They speak a different Slavic language.

Sat Feb 26, 2022, 07:40 PM

Feb 2022

Ukrainian sounds a lot more like Serbian than Russian.

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RU soldier: "We don't know who to shoot -- they all look like us" [View all] steve2470 Feb 2022 OP

they've heard.... nt msongs Feb 2022 #1

Really timely thread steve..... democratsruletheday Feb 2022 #2

sleep well later tonight ! nt steve2470 Feb 2022 #3

Welcome to DU! Delphinus Feb 2022 #17

Welcome to our DU family. niyad Feb 2022 #18

Dude should be a Minneapolis cop instead of a Russian grunt. 11 Bravo Feb 2022 #4

That was dark and true IronLionZion Feb 2022 #7

Yep uponit7771 Feb 2022 #8

do you mean like this one? Skittles Feb 2022 #16

Ukrainians are not Russian. They speak a different Slavic language. SunSeeker Feb 2022 #11

and I guess the rest of the Slavic nations onethatcares Feb 2022 #13

The last time that I checked...... mjvpi Feb 2022 #22

Many of them also speak russian, which will add to the confusion colorado_ufo Feb 2022 #14

Genetically we're all family. SunSeeker Feb 2022 #29

No, they're actually not. paleotn Feb 2022 #15

Ukrainians will strenuously disagree with you. Lucky Luciano Feb 2022 #27

+1 uponit7771 Feb 2022 #10

That's it! Famous saying, but I can never remember Hortensis Feb 2022 #19

I found this: AndyS Feb 2022 #21

The old form sounds like something I'd start mangling. Never use Hortensis Feb 2022 #24

"Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth" - Mike Tyson Lucky Luciano Feb 2022 #25

That's why we usually wage war on brown people... orwell Feb 2022 #20

Uh... Yah. Numbskulls.. n/t TeamProg Feb 2022 #23