I'm a Ukrainian author & translator, so I want to address something (from my perspective) about allyship and the Ukrainian language because I find this topic fascinating. FYI, I am *not* speaking for Ukrainians in Ukraine, I am speaking from my perspective,
as a first-generation US-born Ukrainian, born to immigrants, where my first language as a child was exclusively Ukrainian (and a language which I still speak, fluently). You do not have to agree with me, just sharing what I think. A thread.
So, language has nothing to do with bloodline, patriotism, or nationality. If that were the case, I'd also be Italian, Russian, Spanish, and French- because I speak all those languages too.