#russian-language

#russian-language

Joining Late Night with Seth Meyers on Monday (12 January) Storrie recalled learning the Russian alphabet growing up as well as developing an interest in Russian rap. "It's so impossibly difficult to learn," the actor said of the language. "I'm asking Jacob [Tierney, the showrunner], I'm like you have to give me a Russian little rap part [in season two]," he then added. The 25-year-old then joked the headlines would be: "Connor Storrie destroys everything that was going for him."

Over time, this initial emotional impulse seems to have subsided, and some Russian-speaking Ukrainians have reverted to their old ways. A significant proportion of young people in schools, and sometimes even teachers, continue to speak Russian to each other. Nevertheless, the use of Ukrainian in schools continues to increase, according to a study conducted by the State Service of Education Quality of Ukraine (SSEQU) and the Commissioner for the Protection of the Ukrainian Language in April and May 2025.