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27 October, on the Day of Ukrainian Written Language and Speech, Ukrainians wrote the All-Ukrainian National Unity Radio Dictation. People from across the country and around the world joined the flash mob.
The dictation text was titled "A Letter That Never Ends." 24 Kanal describes how and where people wrote the dictation this year and what impressions Ukrainians had.
How Ukrainians wrote the Radio Dictation in 2026
This year the dictation was written by cultural figures, educators, soldiers, veterans, schoolchildren with parents, diplomats, energy workers, members of the clergy, officials, actors, bloggers, and others. Many Ukrainians participated for the first time.
The author of the text is writer and veteran of the Russian-Ukrainian war Artur Dron. There were two readers: Ukrainian language and literature teacher Artur Proydakov and singer, public figure, and volunteer Dasha Astafieva.
A fundraiser for the "Dronopad" project by the Return Alive charitable foundation ran during the Radio Dictation. They managed to raise almost one million hryvnias. The fundraiser is still ongoing.
Artur Proydakov advised not to be afraid of mistakes, since this dictation is a kind of ritual that unites Ukrainians.
Ukrainian Radio host Olena Zelinchenko drew listeners' attention to a telling piece of evidence of "how Russia is trying to destroy the Ukrainian word." On screen were burned Ukrainian books after Russian shelling.
Footage from the Radio Dictation 2026 year / video screenshot
Minister of Culture Tetiana Berezhna agreed that the Radio Dictation is the main cultural and educational event of the year in Ukraine.
We unite to show that we value and respect our native Ukrainian language, our literature. And what is very important: we show that we are always ready to learn as Ukrainians
– she said.
Soldiers in the Mykolaiv region say that this dictation brings the team together and unites the whole country. And they emphasize: "Everything will be Ukraine!"
Footage from the Radio Dictation 2026 year / video screenshot
Ukrainian servicemen also admitted whom they would write a letter to. Vitalii Hyrenko, a defender of Snake Island and a border guard who spent more than three years in Russian captivity, confessed: "I would write a letter to my brother, who is defending Ukraine on the Kharkiv front. I would write: 'Hold on!'",
Our warriors admitted that they wrote with tears in their eyes.
Many Ukrainians took part in writing the dictation in Canada. Also in Sweden, Germany, Poland, and other countries around the world.
To clarify, Ukrainians wrote the dictation at the Akademik Vernadskyi station, at a metro school in Kharkiv, on a train, at work, on positions, during an overseas tour, at the Dnipro HPP, in cafes, bookstores, and so on.
What people are saying online
Ukrainians responded positively to both this year's dictation text and its reading:
Impressions are wonderful! The readers read very well! It was comfortable to write.
A good text, and it was comfortable to write thanks to the readers.
Good text!!! Good readers!!! The host, correspondents, and cameramen worked professionally! This time everyone prepared well and the flash mob fulfilled its role – it united Ukrainians; it was a pure pleasure to write!
Dasha and Artur dictated excellently!
Ukrainians about the Radio Dictation 2026 year / screenshot
Khrystyna Hoyanyuk, a record-holder for writing the Radio Dictation and a many-time winner, says that this year's text is very good. Ms. Khrystyna noted that she thought it would be worse, "but the text was well dictated."
And Dasha Astafieva, who faced a wave of criticism the day before the flash mob, after reading the text said: "I want to tell all my haters: 'Get up and leave!'."
By the way, Artur Dron reminded the day before: "Our language is for all of us. It is for everyone who comes to it. It is for everyone. For everyone…".
We also informed when the correct text of the Radio Dictation 2026 year will be published.
Document: PDF proof of the original version of the news item ""Зі сльозами на очах": як і де українці писали Радіодиктант національної єдності 2026". It records the publication content at the moment of the first scan, the preservation date and the source: Channel 24.
