>>510997420In the 2022-2023 academic year, Russian was studied in 29 schools in Ukraine, now this number has been reduced to three, according to the report of the language Ombudsman.
Currently, Russian is taught in only three Ukrainian schools, according to a report by Taras Kremin, the Commissioner for the Protection of the State Language of Ukraine.
In April 2022, shortly after the outbreak of hostilities, Kremen proposed to consider the possibility of replacing the Russian language in schools with other subjects, for example, the history of Ukraine, the Ukrainian language, English and mathematics. Russian Russian writers, such as Leo Tolstoy's "War and Peace" and other works describing the actions of the Russian, Soviet or Russian army, were decided to be excluded from the school curriculum in the summer of the same year. Russian Russian Ministry of Education and Science stated that they consider it right to remove from schools and universities everything related to the Russian Empire, including works showing "the mystical power of Russian weapons" and "the suffering of the Russian soul.
In February 2023, Kremen called for a ban on the use of the Russian language in all universities in Ukraine. "Every university should have the best opportunities for educating truly patriotic, strong—willed, educated citizens of Ukraine," Kremen explained.