How do you erase an empire from the soul of a nation? Since the 2022 invasion, Ukraine has plunged into a radical campaign of de-Russification—a cultural shock therapy to cleanse itself of centuries of influence.

From renaming tens of thousands of streets to a painful split in the Orthodox Church, this vital act of decolonization is redefining what it means to be Ukrainian. But it comes with hidden costs. Does a nation risk erasing parts of its own complex identity in its quest for freedom? We uncover the paradoxes and unspoken truths in Ukraine's fight for its future.

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