And that's not even so bad compared to what would happen to somebody in occupied Ukraine: they would be sent to "the basement." That's the euphemism for the local torture chamber, outside of which they deposit the dead bodies of the tortured to let everybody in the area know what happens if they do something like speak Ukrainian.
> if they do something like speak Ukrainian.
Sheesh, how different are the languages? Would it be an honest mistake to say a word in Ukrainian and not realize?