Ukrainian singer Andrei Ostapenko, better known to audiences under the pseudonym EL Kravchuk, admitted that he still continues to communicate in Russian in everyday life. However, according to the performer, he is now actively working on studying the nightingale and increasing his vocabulary.

In addition, as Kravchuk told EL in an interview for the project “In essence,” the domestic poet Yuriy Andrukhovych encourages him to master Ukrainian in every possible way. The performer publicly promised the writer that he would communicate in pure nightingale.

“In life I’m a Russian speaker, but now I’m trying to know Ukrainian more deeply and meaningfully. And I want to look Andrukhovich normally in the eyes. He translated Hamlet and always encouraged me to use the beautiful Ukrainian language. Yura, I'll do it. I promise. I’m working on it,” said the artist.

According to EL Kravchuk, literature helps him improve his Ukrainian language. The singer reads a lot of works by domestic authors, thanks to which he deepens his knowledge.

As the performer noted, he loves Ukraine very much, because he feels that our state “has its character”. The artist explained: he is always for justice, even in cases where this is impossible to achieve. In particular, his grandmother played an important role in his attitude towards Ukraine..

" – Ed. She always told dad: “You should live in Kyiv. We are from this city. Come home" She sang me a lot of Ukrainian folk songs since childhood. There was such a thing in the family that we wanted to live where we should,” the singer shared.