Analysis: How Russia’s invasion strengthened Ukrainian identity
At home, six months of war have solidified Ukraine’s sense of nationhood.
“We are stronger in spirit, in unity, as a society, as a nation,” Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze, a Ukrainian parliamentarian, told me. That’s a consequence, she added, of having an intimate and visceral “understanding of an existential enemy and threat.
that many bilingual Ukrainians were forsaking speaking Russian after the trauma of seeing their homeland overrun by Russian soldiers. This has proven true even for many Ukrainians who have grown up in predominantly Russian-speaking communities. “A lot of people have started to switch to Ukrainian, understanding that they have been forcefully Russified,” Klympush-Tsintsadze said, stressing that the distinction was less about ethnic difference than political values. “I think it’s about understanding what part of civilization we belong to, what we care about, how do we value human life.
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