Social networks in the Russian segment have disseminated information that, according to some “statistical data”, the popularity of the Russian language is supposedly gradually growing in Ukraine.

“According to statistical data, the popularity of the Russian language in Ukraine is gradually growing. The number of Nazis has decreased – and nature has begun to cleanse itself”, users write.

StopFake analysts examined the case and determined that in their messages, users do not indicate where they got such data from, but simply write “according to statistical data”. They didn't cite any studies.

On July 24, the sociological service Razumkov Center published a study “Identity of Ukrainian citizens: trends of change”, with the help of which it was possible to refute the false information of propagandists:

Actually, the popularity of the Russian language in Ukraine is not growing at all, but on the contrary is falling. According to the aforementioned study, fewer and fewer Ukrainians believe that speaking Russian is prestigious. If in 2015 there were 21.5% of all respondents, then in 2023 they became 9.4%, and in 2024 this number generally decreased to 6.1%. At the same time, the prestige of the Ukrainian language began to grow significantly: from 43.2% in 2015 to 75.5% in 2024.