In January and February 2023, the Office of the Language Ombudsman received 455 complaints about violations of the language law. Commissioner for State Language Issues Taras Kremin.

According to him, most often the Law of Ukraine " Of all complaints, 60% are in this area.. Another 81 complaints related to service disruption.

Also, Ukrainians filed 192 appeals regarding the lack of a Ukrainian version of websites, and another 31 complaints about violations of the language law when placing outdoor advertising and signs.. Another 13 appeals were about teaching in a non-state language in educational institutions and five related to violations of the language law by medical workers.

" conducting state control and imposing sanctions on violators provided for by the Code of Ukraine on Administrative Offenses. We will inform you additionally about the results of the response measures,"

By the way, most reports of violations were received from Kyiv (159 appeals), Odessa (66), Kharkov (47) and Dnipropetrovsk (42) regions.

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Earlier, Taras Kremen issued a resolution imposing an administrative penalty in the form of a fine for violating the language law by Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov. Terekhov must pay UAH 3,400 fine for speaking Russian during telethon speeches.