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Dariia Orobchuk, Lesya Skintey
The Russian war of aggression has significantly altered the language attitudes and usage in Ukraine, with many shifting from Russian to Ukrainian. This study explores how these changes extend to Ukrainian refugee families in Germany, examining the dynamic interplay of sociopolitical factors, family structures, identities, educational orientations, communication needs, and emotions. Using qualitative interviews with female refugees who fled with their children (N = 24), we investigate the (re)formation of family language policy and the factors influencing it in both Ukraine and Germany. Our findings reveal that language shift within families is a complex, slow, and multifactorial process, influenced by both past experiences and current circumstances. The article also addresses the challenges posed by the diverse multilingual landscape in Germany, which complicates the shift to Ukrainian across different domains in the initial phase following forced migration
