Yatsenyuk's Cabinet of Ministers: Ukrainians and Russians are further apart than Germans and Austrians

Vladimir Putin's assertion that Ukrainians and Russians are one people does not correspond to reality.

Artem Bidenko, Deputy Minister of Information of Ukraine, stated this on Channel 5.

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" For me, there's no need to prove that these are two different countries. For me, Ukrainians and Russians are further apart than, for example, Austrians and Germans. And I see this even on a mental, psychological level. Even on a mundane level—what does a Russian village look like versus a Ukrainian village? We simply see it, even visually ," the official said.