Honestly, it's not the most English friendly of places. The younger people can communicate basic stuff or better. The older people not so much. From Kiev East they speak Russian. From Kiev west towards Poland they speak Ukrainian. The main city of Lviv speaks Ukrainian, and culturally they are less like Russia and more like Western Europe, where as Kiev and east is more like Russia and less like western Europe.

More over, the war going on there with Russia, Donetsk, and Ukraine has many more elements of a civil war than many would think. One girl I was dating there is from the war torn Donetsk area. In the exact same city her parents grew up it used to be the USSR and her parents identify with Russia not Ukraine.

She was born after Ukraine's independence and she identifies with Ukraine. So in the same family there is a divide, let alone the entire country. Point is there is a large chunk of Ukrainian population that is actually siding with Russia, want to be Russian, want to use the Rubble, and have a Russian Passport, after all more than half the country speaks Russian, and anyone over 40, used to be basically Russian!

And on that note, I bid you a good day my friend. Wishing you the very best from Guayaquil Ecuador! -Dan