Separate Ukrainian high-ranking officials, including heads of military administrations, representatives of local councils and heads of public utilities, continue to violate the laws of Ukraine on the state language under martial law. For this, they will be fined starting from July 16, the press service of the Commissioner for the Protection of the State Language Taras Kremen said on Facebook..

According to the results of a survey on the use of the Ukrainian language by officials, 25 representatives of our country violated the provisions of the law. Their use of a non-state language was discovered on the air of the telethon, on official pages on social networks (Facebook, Telegram) and on the Youtube platform.

In particular, among these persons are eight heads of military administrations:.

Zaporozhye OVA Oleg Buryak;

Krivoy Rog city VA Oleksandr Vilkul;

Luhansk OVA Sergei Gaidai;

Nikolaev OVA Vitaly Kim;

Donetsk OVA Pavel Kirilenko;

Poltava OVA Dmitry Lunin;

Slavic city VA Vadim Lyakh;

Kharkiv OVA Oleg Sinegubov.

Also, 15 officials of local self-government bodies and two heads of communal institutions used the non-state language in different cases:.

Mayor of Mariupol Vadim Boychenko;

Head of the Department for Physical Culture and Sports of the Nikolaev City Council Irina Bondarenko;

mayor of Mirnograd Alexander Brikalov;

Deputy Director of the Department of Public Health of the Dnipro City Council Yulia Viklienko;

Deputy Mayor of Pokrovsk Alexander Dobrovolsky;

Deputy Mayor of Odessa Dmitry Zheman;

Deputy of the Mariupol City Council Alexander Lyashin;

Deputy of the Dnipro City Council Sergey Nikitin;

Mayor of Nikopol Alexander Sayuk;

Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov;

Mayor of Pokrovsk Ruslan Trebushkin;

Mayor of Odessa Gennady Trukhanov;

Mayor of Melitopol Ivan Fedorov;

Mayor of Dnipro Boris Filatov;

Deputy Director of the Department of the Odessa Municipal Economy Vitaly Tsurkan;

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In addition, the results of the review recorded a violation of the law on the state language during conversations with representatives of foreign media or organizations.. This list included seven representatives of Ukraine, including:.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky;

freelance adviser to the head of the OP Alexey Arestovich;

Advisor to the Minister of Internal Affairs Anton Gerashchenko;

Mayor of Odessa Gennady Trukhanov;

Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov;

Chairman of the Chernivtsi OVA Sergey Osachuk;

Head of the Lugansk OVA Sergei Gaidai.

Taras Kremen stressed that the use by officials of a non-state language, especially during the war, is a violation of the rights of citizens of Ukraine. He backed up his words with Articles 9 and 12 of the Law "

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According to his press service, we are talking about warnings or fines in the amount of UAH 3,400 to 8,500 for a first-time offense..

If the law is violated for the second time during the year, the new fine will be from UAH 8,500 to 11,900.

At the same time, the review mentioned earlier showed that Ukrainian is predominantly a working language in the activities of state authorities and local governments, as well as state and communal enterprises, institutions and organizations..

Recall, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky instructed Prime Minister Denys Shmygal to work out the issue of introducing a mandatory state language exam in Ukraine for obtaining citizenship..