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So is "genocide" and "war", ceremoniously declared or not.
acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial, or religious group
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, on behalf of the Ukrainian people -- citizens of Ukraine of all nationalities [...] adopts this Constitution -- the Fundamental Law of Ukraine."
juxtaposed with demographic terminology employed for 2001 Ukraine census
The peculiarity of the national structure of the population of Ukraine is its multinational composition. According to All-Ukrainian population census data, the representatives of more than 130 nationalities and ethnic groups live on the territory of the country. The data about the most numerous nationalities of Ukraine are mentioned below:
The salient point is, previailing concept of a nation, or political union, called Ukraine cannot follow from methodical destruction of its constituents.
methodical destruction of its constituents
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When you use words like "genocide", then you need to provide facts to justify it. Changing laws relating to the languages used in education or in certain administrative acts will not cut it, according to most commonly-accepted definitions.
Perhaps you have facts. I have not seen them. It is rightly acknowledged that people of faith have no monopoly of virtue - Queen Elizabeth II
If you are unable or unwilling to do so, perhaps you should just drop the term "genocide" in this context. It is rightly acknowledged that people of faith have no monopoly of virtue - Queen Elizabeth II
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