The ban applies to personal communication between students, teachers and administrative staff of the university, RIA Novosti reports.

“Within the walls of the National University “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy”, it is forbidden to use the language of the aggressor state - Russian -,” the message says.

Zubko stressed that the ban on teaching in Russian at the university has been in effect for a very long time.

The norm is spelled out in the new internal regulations of the educational institution.

Earlier, Aleksey Arestovich, adviser to the office of the President of Ukraine, said that he communicates with his children in Russian.

It was also reported that the mayor of Kharkiv was fined for "using a non-state language."