“The level of the Ukrainian language, in my opinion, is growing. But I know that there are mistakes with stresses and with some words. I want to speak better. It may not be possible to know the language 100%, but I try, ”he said in an interview with“ Frankly with the President. ”
According to him, he tries to use the Ukrainian language more often in colloquial speech and even sometimes forgets some words in Russian.
“I communicate with a person in Russian and sometimes forget words, and say to the person next to me the Ukrainian word and ask how to say it in Russian,” he shared.
In July Zelensky promised to defend the Ukrainian language.
Ukrainian children's writer Larisa Nitsa expressed outrage at Zelensky's use of the Russian language in her inaugural speech.