> so no one pushes against the Russian language in the Ukraine
How many times did you visit Ukraine since 2014? I was there probably 4-5 times, in Kyiv and in deep province (Bukovina). In all these places I was speaking Russian to people and nobody had any problem with that.
On the state level, they are certainly pushing against the influence of Russian state and pushing Ukrainian as official language, but not discriminating Russian. I was buying Russian books in center of Kyiv!