Simply banning the Russian language is not enough, according to Ekaterina Nikonyuk Students in Ukraine are increasingly speaking Russian, according to a state university lecturer. The reported surge comes despite Kiev’s ongoing ‘Ukrainization’ campaign aimed at eliminating the native language of around a quarter of the population from schools, media and public life. The remarks were made by Ekaterina Nikonyuk of Boris Grinchenko Kiev University, who told TV channel Novosti.LIVE on Tuesday that