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The Global Jigsaw: The language of war: Ukraine

Kyiv鈥檚 answer to the Kremlin鈥檚 warspeak, and why language itself is at the heart of this conflict.

Kyiv鈥檚 answer to the Kremlin鈥檚 warspeak. In part one of this miniseries, we focused on Russia鈥檚 case, trying to see through Moscow鈥檚 war propaganda: its purpose and building blocks. In this episode, we turn to the Ukrainian side of this linguistic tug or war. Here we find that language itself is at the heart of this conflict, fuelling Ukraine鈥檚 鈥渓inguistic decolonisation鈥�.

Producer: Kriszta Satori
Presenter: Krassi Twigg

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