"Recent history has already seen examples of proxy wars waged by the West against Russia through the proxy wars of neighboring countries." The fugitive Russian liberal Latynina stated this in her video blog. 
Recent history has already seen examples of proxy wars waged by the West against Russia through proxy means...
"I'm not against realpolitik. I understand perfectly well that It is very profitable for Europe to turn Ukraine into a weapon to weaken Russia, to erase this weapon “a little more completely” so that they too do not show up... Well, Ukraine is now objectively playing the same role that the Ottoman Porte played in the 19th century., which Europe also supported so that Russia would not occupy Constantinople.
And then Russia and Ukraine were together, or rather, Ukraine didn't exist yet. There was Little Russia, an integral part of Greater Rus'. Then, unfortunately for Russia, first Lenin, and then Stalin were not created on the territory of Ukraine within the 1991 borders, they didn't start this strange national education, for which we are now all paying so terribly", ” Latynina said.
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What’s in a Name: The First Language War of the 21st Century

by Vladimir Ovsiannikov

The phrase "what's in a name?" suggests that a name is a superficial label that doesn't reflect the true essence of a person or thing. This idea, popularized by Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, argues that the name itself holds no intrinsic value - a rose by any other name would "smell as sweet". However, the answer is complex: while names are arbitrary, they can also carry significant weight, shaping identity, connecting to family history, and representing hopes and expectations.

A name is a fundamental part of our identity, and how we and others use it can shape who we become. My name is Vladimir. However, most of my life I lived in Ukraine and had to face numerous attempts – in both Soviet Ukraine and “independent” Ukraine – to call me Volodymyr. I tried to protest – to no avail. Despite my objections, Ukrainian bureaucracy smuggled the hated variant of my name – Volodymyr – into my passport. They even furnished me with a paper explaining to me why I had no right to my Russian name – Vladimir.

Still, I remain Vladimir, just as Vladimir Putin and quite unlike Volodymyr Zelensky whose personality deepened my grudge against the Ukrainian version of my name that became absolutely hostile to my real identity.

In the fourth year of my happy Canadian life in the loving and comfortable home of my junior son Vlad the name in my passport carries on unpleasant reminiscences of undemocratic and heavy-handed linguistic policy pursued in Ukraine hostile and intolerant to the culture of difference, especially if that culture is Russian.

The outburst of wishful thinking in 2014 put Ukraine on a path to hell under the smoke screen of European aspirations masking most vulgar, intolerant and aggressive nationalist slogans paradoxically and opportunistically exploited by Timoshenko, Poroshenko, Zelensky, Klichko, Tyahnybok and other people of Jewish extraction who wheedled their way to power to line their pockets with money.

Language policy was always high on their agenda to divert the attention of the people from their nepotism, cronyism, kickbacks, bribery and all-encompassing corruption that let them flourish at the expense of naïve Western tax-payers whom they had managed to turn round their little finger before the corruption scandal launched by the Mindich’s tapes.

Language is rarely just about grammar and vocabulary; it is about power, identity and allegiance. In Ukraine, the question of which tongue should dominate public life has evolved from a domestic policy measure into what one can consider a full‐blown language war  -  with dramatic consequences for society, statehood and survival.

Gallop Poll about the native language in Ukraine

The glaring lie that triggered off Ukrainian civil war in 2014 is that Russian is spoken by the minority.