Ukrainian Identity Quotes

Ukraine is lying in the grave, but she has not died, and her voice, calling on all Slavs to liberty and brotherhood, resounded throughout the Slav world.

Putin imagined it would be different. So, like many Russian leaders before him, he imagined that Ukraine was basically Russia, but they speak with a funny accent. Actually, it's not Russia; it has a different identity. It has a very different language. Russians don't automatically understand Ukrainian. And, in particular, the way Ukraine has developed over the last two decades is different from the way Russia has developed.

I have this typical Ukrainian face. Even people who know my music don't recognize me most of the time, thank God.

We in Russia have always considered Russians and Ukrainians to be one people. I still think so.

I am a strong Ukrainian girl, that is why I work a lot.

The conviction of our Ukrainian nation is embedded in the pages of its history.

I don't really know what 'American' is. I know what Ukrainian is. We're happy Slavic people. We're not Dostoyevsky Slavic people. There's this sense of 'pick it up, get your hands dirty, make the best of it, celebrate.'

I am a citizen of the world, and also a citizen of Ukraine.

I am Ukrainian and fighting like a Ukrainian.

The Ukrainian community is tight-knit by nature.