Head of NSDC: Second state language in Ukraine should be English, not Russian

The Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Oleksiy Danylov in an interview with Ukrainian Truth has said that the issue of maintaining the status of the Ukrainian language as the only state language remains principle.

“The issue of language is a very important, fundamental issue for the state. We cannot have Russian language as the second one and it is not because it does not need to be studied or it does not need to be known. If we are talking about Ukraine, the state language should be Ukrainian. Should there be a second language in Ukraine? Of course it should be. But it should be English, which should be studied starting from kindergarten. All citizens of Ukraine, if we want to be in a civilized world, must know, use English. This is a mandatory thing,” Danylov said.

Also, the head of the National Security and Defense Council commented on the conduct of elections in Donbas, stressing that “certain conditions must occur”, and currently he does not see how elections can be held there.

“If there are any changes, some processes, sooner or later there will be elections there. But they must be held on Ukrainian territory, there must be a Ukrainian flag above the polling station, there must be Ukrainian media, Ukrainian political forces. They must be held under Ukrainian law, according to the Ukrainian Constitution, and the Ukrainian Central Election Commission must conduct them there. It’s hard for me now to imagine such conditions,” Danylov added.