I started learning Ukrainian solely to show solidarity with Ukrainians. Thank you for your channel that helps me so much with that.

I spent three weeks in Ukraine during Christmas and New Year in 2023 in Lviv and Kyiv. There were air raids practically every day. Once a rocket came about a kilometer away from the apartment in Lviv. There was no bomb shelter. I understand what you mean, but I don't live in Ukraine. I have it easy compared to you. My appreciation increased a lot when I watched how you ran the society in the middle of all that war. However, the people were kind, even though the war is definitely stressful. You are all heroes to me. Ukraine is in my heart.

Great video! Finland stands with you. We have not forgotten. Slava Ukraini!

Stay strong, greetings and solidarity from Poland 🇵🇱

I started learning Ukrainian for solidarity with you all. I promise not to forget about Ukraine and I will support your efforts until your victory.

Слава Богу і Слава Україні! Ukrainians will endure and succeed!

In Northern California, people have Ukrainian flags outside their homes and Ukrainian stickers on their cars….After two years the flags still fly.

Thank-you for the reminder about what is really happening in Ukraine. We have not forgotten. You have my support, 100%.

I feel so bad for all the trash talk you guys need to deal with... Don't feel forgotten, there are so much of us standing with you! Just as an example, one guy just donated 1000€ the other day to my fundraise for СЗУ! We will win. Lots of love and strength for all Ukrainians, especially my friends in Kharkiv

We are not tired of the news from Ukaine. Ukraine defend all of the rest of Europe from Russia right now and believe it or not; Europe is stepping up and help is comming! Slava Ukraini. / The Swedish Guy

I started a channel and a Fb page to support Ukraine. My intended audience is fellow conservative Republicans who are skeptical of supporting Ukraine and who are believing Russian propaganda. If there's anything useful among my vids, please feel free to use. I'll be reposting this one.

Героям слава 🇺🇦🇳🇿

Thanks for creating this video 🙏

Thank you for everything you do to support volunteers and the army! Слава Україні!

I'm not normally one to leave a comment, but this video summarizes my own feelings so well. I have friends in Ukraine who have lost family members and businesses to rockets and have been within a couple hundred meters of explosions. I worry constantly about the terror they face, the sleep deprivation, the stress, and the fact that one day I might just never hear from them again. I wonder if they will be able to hear an airplane or fireworks years from now without being taken back to the war. I wonder which nights they are crying themselves to sleep. That they continue to live their lives and refuse to be broken makes them my heroes, and it would be impossible for anyone to subjugate them. This is the message I try to spread whenever I meet people who are ignorant or tired of hearing about what is happening. I recommend reading Ukrainian news every day. For one thing, it is reading practice. More importantly, draining though it may be, the horrible details reported in the wake of every attack are also more impactful when you are trying to describe the reality of the situation to the apathetic.

I do not know Ukrainian language at all, but your video has inspired me to go to my used book store and order a Ukrainian language book and start learning…hope to be able to write in Ukrainian one day. Perhaps a story.

Greetings from Portugal. Found your channel recently, this is the first video I saw but I'll follow for more. Every week I join some ukrainians, portuguese and others in a protest against the war. This is in Lisbon where many tourists from all over the world pass by and show support.

Great video! Peace to Ukraine!

Thank you very much my серденько for what you are doing! Our brave Ukrainian girl! Beautiful brave and smart! God bless ❤

This is my first time watching you. Operator Starsky recommended you. The ruzzian attitude and comments you are describing is why I moved, but I live in USA 😮 The ruzzian mindset has ruined the state of Montana in the US. It's not like the other states. Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦 🌻 🫶 🔱

Just seeing this thanks to the boost from Andriy Kulish. I've been learning Ukrainian so I'll check out your teaching videos as well. Разом до перемоги!

Слава Україні , God saves all brave Ukranians

Davaii, Nika.

Herojam slava! Thanks for you video, Nika. I never learned my enemy-language, russian, and therefore all the Slavic languages were unfairly banned as well - until now. My studies with Ukrainian language is quite slow because my severe allergy to my worthless neighbor. but I slowly getting there. We will stand with you till the victory. Slava Ukraini!

I just found your channel. This is a nice report about the current way of life in Ukraine and how your lives are affected. The war should not be. 95% if the world supports you.

Love your shirt. How can I get one?

Amazing video, NIka. Thank You for Your bravery and heart that You put into it. So many good points and examples that ignorant people choose to avoid these days. The war is coming to them, if they stay ignorant. May Your message fall on deaf ears and awaken them. Разом до перемоги! 🇱🇹🤜🤛🇺🇦

Greetings from Sweden. Operator Starsky sent me. I think I will start from the beginning and work my way forward from there.

Happy to donate! Now I am off to see what sort of fun I missed ;-)

We support you, Nika and Ukrainian people 💙💛🇺🇦💙💛👍

My UK relatives no longer ask how it's going,they say it's dropped out of the news now.They even told me not to talk about "depressing" things . They now rarely call us or message other than to let us know how they are living a normal life out walking going on holiday and don't stop to think that they're waving sweets in front of diabetics. They never mention the war at all now. They have their head in the sand and don't want to know, we've all been there and learned our lesson,they don;t want to learn and fool themselves that it will blow over ,it wont reach them. Adds to the frustration of rotting in an overpriced western village for two years.

I am so glad I started learning Ukrainian, a truly beautiful language. Thank you for your videos and webinars, they are excellent! Слава Україні!

Thanks for saying this. Love from Canada.

I watch your videos and I will purchase lessons soon. USA loves Ukraine!

New subscriber via Starsky. Slava Ukraine, support from Estonia.

Ok ,I subscribed. I have a daughter just like you and I can't imagine.You are speaking to the heart of the matter.

As someone who has family ethnicity with Poland, Ukraine and Russia, I am left somewhat conflicted. Yet, for all of the troubles and misery going on there, blame should not be thrown at the majority of regular people, for we only want to live peacefully, have family, friends and serve the Lord - our anger should be placed on the leaders and evildoers who organized and started the mess.

I can't wait to start my lessons. Thank you 💛💙

Me and my partner have been battling exhaustion lately. I can't beyond my wildest dreams even imagine what you must be going through. 😞 Stay strong! 💪🇸🇪♥️🇺🇦💪

We are not forgetting the sufferings of Ukrainians, we are not forgetting how evil Russia is. 😢 Nope… we are supporting Ukraine, greetings from Sweden!

Слава Україні! Героям слава! Ви теж героїня, дуже дякуємо!

Beautiful video Nika!! Very good job. I will be donating tonight. Thank you! ❤🙏

Ти дуже добре говорила, Ніка, і ти говорила про дуже важливі моменти. Дякую за важливе відео🙏 Важливо бути в курсі та знати, що відбувається в Україні🙌🏼 Що стосується хейтерів, то їх час настає! Ми з Україною і скоро буде перемога. 🇺🇦💙🧡

Це чудове відеою Слава Україні!

I started learning Ukrainian just after the invasion in 2022, in solidarity and also to go back to my ancestral roots. Слава Богу і Слава Україні!

Nika, I am in America and I call my congresspeople every day to ask for renewed aid for Ukraine. It sickens me that our domestic politics have gotten in the way of supporting Ukraine, but I am still hopeful that we will see a successful vote next week in the congress. Although my family is safe in America, the war is the first and last thing we think about every single day. We have not forgotten you and we are supporting in every way we can. I am also proud to be a Verba student and your KZfaq channel has been a huge help to my learning. Дуже дякую. Слава Україні!

Such a pleasure to discover your channel from @Operatorstarsky I have been studying Ukrainian for a few years now, since before the start of the full scale invasion. I have someone very important to me in Kyiv, whom I worry about constantly…all day. I’ve been using duolingo to learn Ukrainian, but I will absolutely come here to learn as well. Slava Ukraine!

Thank you for this video 🫂

thx for your explanation ! slava ukraini

NIka you are a treasure

Не знаю, навіщо люди пишуть такі різкі речі, це дуже грубо. Для мене російська мова була першою мовою, яку я вивчав, тож вона більше схожа на мою базу, ніж на українську, хоча різниця зменшується з кожним днем, і тепер, через два роки, я можу спілкуватися з деякими українцями, які є тут, у Данії. Я не можу уявити, що ви переживаєте кожен день, це має бути жахливо, я просто хочу, щоб ця ідіотська війна якомога швидше закінчилася. Всього найкращого вам, вашу чудовому чоловікові та псу Куперу, і дякую за всі корисні поради та відео, я дивив на вас вже багато років.

Always together....Слава Україні...і погибель варварам-оркам....

Love from UK. We had the similar 1939-1945 and although most of those who went through this have now passed on it is deeply ingrained in our folklore so we have a deep empathy with Ukraine.

This is such a beautiful cotton branch on your table. Слава Україні!

I remember your story from the beginning of the war. One of my friends from Odesa just lost two friends to the bombing. In America, we are very removed from the rest of the world. Things only register in our psyche when they make the news cycle. Lately, there is not much in the news about Ukraine. I follow a group of Americans who support Ukraine 100%. Most Russian are not too bright and just accept the propaganda. Besides, they are very insecure. I don't worry too much. They mostly already hate Americans. Have you seen the channel "1420"? It's sad and scary at the same time to see how Russians think. Be safe. Thanks for your lessons.

As a Russian who subscribed to this channel after the reels, which is discussed in the video, I can only sadly confirm that the majority of Russians really are so dismissive of Ukraine and its language. And I can’t think of anything other than banning everything Russian until the war is over. “Great Russian culture” will survive years of neglect and will not lose anything. but the war must end and people must learn.

❤❤❤ Дуже дякую, Ніко! Слава Україні 🇺🇦❤️, українська, красива і мелодійна мова! Все буде Україна! Україна переможе 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤

Hi from Canada 🇨🇦. I subscribed to your channel. Operator Starsky made me aware. I don't have much to give but I subscribe to many different channels from Ukraine and keep up with news daily. I will not forget. And when able I will donate what I can. Best wishes to you all. ❤️

Завдяки вам вчу українську мову! Завжди було добре ставлення до України ♥️ Україна переможе! 🇺🇦🇪🇪

Loved this u get my sub 😍

Ukrainian language is so beautiful and does not sound like russian at all. I am learning Ukrainian since some time. And the more I learn, the more I can tell that when people speak zz, it’s zz and has nothing to do with Ukrainian. I love Ukrainian , the language of poetry and art.

До речі, яка прекрасна англійська 🥰 інтонація і іронія 👌

Thanks

Very good material very good presentation, you are perfect for this job of presenting ❤ God help you

I live in the USA and have been learning Ukrainian for about a year now. I take lessons online from a Ukrainian, talk to people on Tandem, and watch your videos. My goal is to go to Ukraine in two more years, once I can speak the language well enough. There, I want to volunteer to help children and animals. Ukraine is in my heart. I fly an American and Ukrainian flag at my home to remind my neighbors and friends, even though they already listen to me practice my Ukrainian to them. Anyone who knows me hears updates on the war. Glory to Ukraine! Glory to the heroes!

Slava Ukraine! 🤘

Un très bon vidéo! C’est important, même quand ce n’est pas surprenant de voir des réactions de gens fous. 😅

First, I want to show my gratitude to Ukraine, who are fighting a war they never wanted, unfortunately you are the front for Europe's security and I wish our support was that much greater. You should never have to thank the rest of Europe and America for humanitarian or military support, we are the ones who should thank you for the high price you pay. I can give you some positive news regarding support from the Swedish people, eight out of ten Swedes want to maintain or increase support for Ukraine and less than one in ten Swedes want to reduce support. These are fresh figures from a survey in February. All that is true is the YELLOW and the BLUE SLAVA UKRAINI

Danke!

Peace from United States! This is not on the news in America. Stay positive.

So sorry to hear that! Thanks for sharing your experiences❣ Honestly I feel very hopeless - how will the future look like? As the west (our governments) seems to only want to support Ukraine enough to let them survive, but not make you win😭Anyway, I still want to dream (like Martin Luther King) - mine is about justice and peace, truth, territorial integrity, democracy and a humble russia. Seems so far away, but I will keep on dreaming! And doing as much as I can while also continuing my normal life! Слава і перемога Україні! бережи вас Бог!

Very good video! Never give up!

Stay strong!! Слава Украине!! 🇺🇦

Arrived here because of operator Starsky will stay. From new Zealand We can have not forgotten.

slava ukraini from germany!

💛💙 I just discovered your channel. Just a supporting comment.

хай тобі бог щастя дає. І не звертай уваги на свиней з заліщанських боліт. Щиро дякую, що маєш сили.

дякую за відео.

Ви робите неймовірно важливу роботу 💛💙

Привіт Ніко. Such an honest speech! Thank you for reminding us how everyday life of Ukrainians look like. Хоча у мене є друзів в Україні, з якими я регулярно спілкуюся, насправді вони вже настільки звикли складним умовам, що вони здебільшого навіть не говорять про щоденні повітряні тривоги, шахеди, ракети... Ви такі молодці, які за останні два роки вивчили адаптуватися до тих умов, що насправді нам іноді може здатися, що це "не так страшно". Але це все неймовірно страшно і треба це нам, хто живемо в інших країнах, постійно нагадувати. В новинах можна бачити (тільки) найгірші речі. Але досвід повсякденного життя, це дуже важко передати, але одночасно це дуже важливо. Дякую за те - це допомагає мені залишатися мотивованим постійно продовжувати допомагати. Українська гарна мова - і насправді я почав цікавитися українською саме тому, що росія вторглася в Україну. Вивчати вашу мову сприймаю як один зі способів як можна Україну підтримувати. Також це мені відкриває багато шляхів, як дізнаватися більше про життя українців. Ви розумієте - я б ніколи наприклад не бачив саме це відео, якби я не цікавився українською. Дякую за всі ваші відео про українську, які мені дуже допомогли вчитися і також дякую за все, що ви відверто сказали в цьому - це важливо, дуже. Слава Україні! Гарного дня, Ніко, тримайтесь 🙏🫂

Чудові аргументи. Дивовижне пояснення. Люблю це.

Thanks for this video Nika, I'm sorry you had to put up with the deluge of demented bs, but if there's one way of dealing with that sort of thing, it's what you did here! Btw, lovely cotton in the background 😉 Obviously I could go on for a long time about the topics you touch on in this video, I'm sure each one of us could. I will just say two things, as succinctly as I can (but advance apologies for writing a lot more than usual). 1) sadly there were people in the world who could have imagined the horrors Ukrainians are now experiencing, even before 2022: Afghans, Syrians, Iraqis, Yemenis, Palestinians... some of them bombed and brutalised by russia, but many - directly or indirectly - by the governments who are currently "supporting" Ukraine (the quotation marks are there because as we know, some of these nations are doing a fraction of what they could and should be doing). I never used to be a badge-wearing person, but now I wear two pretty much wherever I go: one with the Palestinians colours, one with the Ukrainian colours. Not only because I support both nations in their struggle for self-determination and against genocide, also because I want to remind as many people as possible that we mustn't fall into the trap of forgetting about one war because another one is taking place. 2) Having no Slavic background whatsoever, I am one of the growing number of people around the world who are going to have Ukrainian as their first Slavic language. That means, among other things, that russian looks and sounds odd to me. And I can't tell you how happy I am about this! Even though I've heard spoken russian many times over the course of my life, I'd never felt remotely tempted to learn it, but the first time I heard a few minutes of spoken Ukrainian I knew it would be my third language. As for russian, I don't want to learn to communicate in the language but at some point I think it would be useful to understand it, in speech and in writing - mostly to be aware of russianisms in Ukrainian and also surzhyk, which could come up in a text I may have to translate in future. I'm going to only concentrate on Ukrainian until I'm at a solid B2 level, then I'll run an audit on whatever russian I may have accidentally absorbed, and decide what to do about it. I must admit that the thought of learning russian as a negative space of Ukrainian is intriguing to me. That's it, more apologies for this long post that I'm SURE could have been more... succinct, and thank you for all your work! You are awesome. Like your country 💙💛

Where were you in 2014? At Odessa? Could you please Tell us more about Natalie jaresko? Thank you

Дякую за ваше відео! Ми любимо Україну і вашу культуру! Я радий, що я вчу українську мову!! ❤🇺🇦

I'm another learning Ukrainian and about your culture because of the invasion. You have a beautiful language, a rich culture, and I am constantly impressed by the humanity your people show under very difficult circumstances. Слава україна.

I'm from Baltic's. You don't have to explain to us who they are and what are they doing. We knew it for centuries before internet was involved. But the nations who's countries never bordered russia or never was incorporated as the part of "it's world" is very naive, so it's not wrong to remind them from time to time, who is who in this battle. Glory to Ukraine!

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We pray for you 🙏BE🇧🇪❤️🇺🇦

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Who is Operator Starsky?

The old Taras Bulba movie was nice, i had the dvd version once. 😊🇺🇦🍻✌️🇩🇰

I'm getting the feeling that I am about the only one in my country who still following everything that is going on in Ukraine, as well as helping Ukrainians and providing support to them in these horrible times. It looks like the majority of people are ignoring and or simply not interested in what is going on in your country since over 2 years now. It is very sad that we are seeing this happening and not doing enough to help Ukraine fight this evil. Nika, I have been supporting Ukraine in diffrent ways since the war started, and I will continue to do this as long as it is required. Слава Україні!

Nika, did you get my donation?

Привет всем, я сейчас в Украине. Позавчера я был в Харькове. Очень сложно жить там. Ракеты и дронов почти каждый день. Я был недалеко когда напала бомба в городе, один погибший и много раненых, даже младенцы. Женщины которые работают там плакали... Как жить так ??

Odessa, May 2, 2014.

Thanks for this great and helpful video! I think it is very important to broadcast such messages to an English-speaking audience. greetings from Dnipro! glory to the Armed Forces of Ukraine!❤❤❤

As I follow the news, I am starting to learn russian. For example, there is a guy, Shaman singing a song. I think I finally translated the title: "Ya ruski" = "I am a liar".

I'm here cause Starsky told me to. So what's up❔ *Як справи❓*

As an American, my heart breaks for your current situation. It’s terrible to hear some of my friends acting “checked out” with the Ukrainian news. The common history knowledge of younger generations is dwindling. This war is the unfinished business from WW2 and the result of the west’s neglect. We knew we were taking grain from a starving country during the famine. We knew there was a famine. Now we have Stalin’s protégé to deal with. I don’t understand how people could think geopolitics do not matter, especially in this situation. I’m learning Ukrainian now and hopefully will contribute to helping when the time comes. I love your videos. Дуже дякою.

Most people look at Ukainian history from Catherine the Great's rule on wards.. I don't because as a young Newfoundlander new to working in the mines in Northern Ontario I was adopted by the Finn's and Ukainians that I worked with and I was treated like a son a brother. Had dinners in their homes learned many things a rural Newfoundland boy never would have. The Finn's taught me about SISU. I painted easter eggs Ukraine style and went to the orthdox church and met the saints. They made me more than I am and made sure I didn't get killed or hurt underground.. The Russians I ran into not so much.. more backwoods of the bear..