"This is like saying that the English language is suppressed in Ireland because there are certain efforts around trying to prop up the native language after cen

"This is like saying that the English language is suppressed in Ireland because there are certain efforts around trying to prop up the native language after centuries of attempted extermination by the local colonial power" I think it is a bit more then that: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_policy_in_Ukraine https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_policy_in_Ukraine