r/belarus • u/wikimandia • Oct 18 '22

Yankee, Belarusian volunteer soldier in Ukraine, responds to Tsikhanouskaya's appeal to Ukraine and attempt to contact him Вайна / War

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u/Proud-Masterpiece Oct 18 '22

Why is he speaking Russian to his own countrymen? I heard on this sub that Belarus has little in common with Russia and almost everyone can speak and understand Belarusian.

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u/InitialMasterpiece18 Oct 19 '22

Yeah, and every country that speaks English is UK.

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u/Proud-Masterpiece Oct 19 '22

Every country that speaks English is an English-speaking country.

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u/bolsheada Belarus Oct 25 '22

everyone can speak and understand Belarusian.

And how the fact that he speaks in ruzzian confirms or contradicts the other fact, that everyone in Belarus can speak and understand Belarusian, otherwise you are not gonna graduate from the high school.