"I Am a Ukrainian" - Kimberley Wong

"I Am a Ukrainian" - in English

Since the start of the Ukraine crisis, it has been three months and there have been countless related videos uploaded to the Internet, but none of those has gained more publicity and exposure than "I am a Ukrainian", which has already been viewed over 7 million times on Youtube since it posted two weeks ago. "I am a Ukrainian" is a plea for help from a young female protester and her justification for the current grassroots revolt against the government. In the video, she addresses her desire in English. Since the video enjoys a high publicity and exposure, it has been translated into different languages and become more accessible to the other languages speaking groups. This multilingualism strategy helps it to gain even more visibility on the Internet. 

"I Am a Ukrainian 我是烏克蘭人（中文字幕）" - with Chinese subtitle 

"I am an Ukrainian, và chúng tôi muốn có Tự Do! (VietSub)"  - with Vietnamese subtitle

"I am a Ukrainian - Ben Bir Ukraynalıyım (Türkçe Altyazılı)" - with Turkish subtitle

"I Am Ukrainian - "Io sono Ucraina, per favore fai girare questo video"" - with Italian subtitle

According to BBC News, some of the comments on the video are critical, calling it one-sided "propaganda" which focuses on violence by the police - and mentions nothing of violence by protesters themselves. The woman in the video is a student called Yulia, who has been involved with the protests from the start. Her message is simple, but the production is slick. It was edited and uploaded by an award-winning US filmmaker, Ben Moses, who met Yulia in Ukraine as part of a documentary he is making about protest movements around the world. (Source: BBC News - #BBCtrending: 'I am a Ukrainian' protest video goes viral)

Many criticize that the pretty girl is a US-backed Ukrainian,  were it not for an unspeakable political purpose and without the intervention of the U.S government, the clip would not be professionally done. Undoubtedly, the clip is a bias one. Regardless,  the linguistic diversity in this matter successfully bring our attention to the ongoing violence in the Ukrainian and urge us to know more about the issue. Thanks to the multilingualism and interactional processes occurred in the media discourse and cyber world, abundant information resources and wide range of opinions are exposed to us, to enable us to know in-depth of the matter and be one step closer to be a global citizen. 

Have you watched it yet? What do you know about the current Ukraine crisis?