I have never allowed anti-Russian rhetoric in Ukrainian policy toward such a strategic partner like Russia. This is the first point. I never went against the interests of the Ukrainian state and the Ukrainian people.
The Ukrainian community is tight-knit by nature.
I grew up in a Ukrainian Catholic-turned-Christian household, and that is my family's faith.
The conviction of our Ukrainian nation is embedded in the pages of its history.
I am a strong Ukrainian girl, that is why I work a lot.
My mother is Ukrainian. She immigrated to the U.S. from Canada as a child.
I didn't grow up watching film but as a Ukrainian-American, music and stories and dance are crucial.
The main thing is that the 'C' is silent, so it kind of starts with a 'Z.' Z-O-O-K-RIE. It's Ukrainian, on my dad's side.
Grandfather: [in Ukrainian] [to Jonathan] Grandfather: Get in the car. The bitch and the Jew will share the backseat.
I think everyone remembers how certain Russian bureaucrats used to work against the Ukrainian opposition; I think it is hard to drop old habits.
I have this typical Ukrainian face. Even people who know my music don't recognize me most of the time, thank God.
Ukrainian business must really embrace global competition. We need to understand that competition for resources and clients is not with competitors from across the street or from another city, but with millions of businesses around the world.
I wholeheartedly support the aspirations of the Ukrainian people for a democratic, free and just society where the rule of law prevails without corruption or government violence directed against citizens.
I am sure that the Ukrainian nation deserves a better life. That is why I have voted for good changes and for stability.
The post-Soviet mafia wove a spider's web of dirty money around the world. Where better to attack it than to start with the Ukrainian criminal heavyweights - the 'family' and its closest circle?
The Ukrainians don't have the military means to stand up to Russia, but we haven't helped them militarily, either.
I never complain. I chose the road of fighting with the Ukrainian oligarchy in 1996, and have paid for this with my freedom and that of my husband, my father and my close friends.
Though there is growing division among the Ukrainian military ranks as to loyalty in this revolution, the possibility of violence looms over the entire situation.
I was a Ukrainian folk dancer in my teens, and I toured the country in 1991, shortly before the break-up of the Soviet Union.
Canadians tend to be a bit more religious than most Europeans - though not more than the Poles or Ukrainians. Most important, their attitude to immigration and ethnic minorities is more positive than that of most Europeans.
I don't really know what 'American' is. I know what Ukrainian is. We're happy Slavic people. We're not Dostoyevsky Slavic people. There's this sense of 'pick it up, get your hands dirty, make the best of it, celebrate.'
