Ukrainian

noun

Ukrai·ni·an yü-ˈkrā-nē-ən

also -ˈkrī-

: a native or inhabitant of Ukraine

: the Slavic language of the Ukrainian people

Ukrainian adjective

Examples of Ukrainian in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The monastery has faced raids as the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine has spurred clampdowns on the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, which has historical ties to Moscow. —

Jintak Han, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2023 Individual Ukrainian hobbyists have also been steering small quadcopters, some with wingspans no larger than twelve centimetres, to crash into and destroy Russian weapons. —

Sue Halpern, The New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2023 Video Inside Ukraine's drone war For the Ukrainian Armed Forces, drone warfare is already proving to be indispensable on the battlefield. —

Ian Pannell, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2023 After the conversation, the Ukrainian Ministry of Culture invited composers to apply for the project, receiving 72 applications, which were then vetted by the Met. —

Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Sep. 2023 Six miles south, on the southern Zaporizhzhia front, the Ukrainian Army has punched a hole in the formidable defenses Russia has built along the six-hundred-mile frontline. —

Tim Judah, The New York Review of Books, 13 Sep. 2023 Parma, Cuyahoga County’s second-largest city, has Polish Village and Ukrainian Village thanks to its history of welcoming Slavic immigrants. —

Lucas Daprile, cleveland, 13 Sep. 2023 The Kremlin has already largely dismissed the Ukrainian counteroffensive as a failure. —

Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 11 Sep. 2023 Prompted for comment by reporters, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Mytro Kuleba did not mince his words. —

Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Sep. 2023 See More

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