Ukrainian vs. Russian LanguageBBC: Ukrainian language set for media boost in new lawBy BBC. Published March 17, 2017 at 2:13 pm Children play as a man watches tv, all of them refugees from Slovyansk city, at a rest house for the miners in Snizhne city on June 17, 2014. Photo by AFPA new law in Ukraine requires at least 75 percent of national TV broadcasts to be in the Ukrainian language.Read more here.