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“The main problem of Ukraine is not multilingualism, but bilingualism, the spread of two languages ​​on its territory, when along with the state Ukrainian language, Russian also claims to be used in all spheres of use,” says Larisa Masenko, a professor at the National University “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.”

That is one thing when there is bilingualism (we master a foreign language in addition to our native language.), and another thing is mass bilingualism.

The scientist notes that such a situation usually occurs in a colonial country, when the entire conquered community must master, in addition to their own language, the language of the colonizer. If the second language gradually takes over all the functions of the native language, then the latter threatens to disappear.

That is why it is necessary to distinguish very clearly.
So! There can be bilingual individuals. But how can people be bilingual? Tolerating this thing at the state level is the most useless thing. And “useless” is a humane way of saying it. This is a shameful thing!