In Odessa, both Russian and Ukrainian are spoken. But after the war broke out, many Odessa residents have started to speak more and more Ukrainian.
– I went to a Russian school and studied at university in Russian, but gradually I switched to Ukrainian. I started speaking this fluently two and a half months ago, says Iryna, who lives in Odessa.
– I will hardly speak Ukrainian on a daily basis. If I have to fill in documents, I’ll have to learn, says Igor, who also lives in Odessa.
See the feature from Odessa in the video player above.