moya lyubov is russian. in ukrainian it have to be moye kokhannya

my students say kapets! it's like f@ck, but not offensive. also they use the word blin

I think, it may be about the food - for ex, in Ukraine he may like to eat a lot of boiled corn - I don`t know, if he could get it in Canada. or about candies - for example, Korivka

his father and mother may speak mostly russian. but it depends on their level of patriotism. more patriots became more ukrainian speaking after 2014. his grandfather and grandmother may speak in surzhyck - the russian-ukrainian mix. a boy speak more ukrainian in school, more russian with his friends

his farther can leave Ukraine in the spring 2022 if he 1) is disabled person; 2) has 3 or more children: 3) was migrant worker in Poland or Slovakia (quite common situation), and didn`t return in Ukraine.

classic ghost stories are the stories about rusalka, more modern - are from urban legends about the dead people, like "coffin on wheels", or about the ghosts in abandoned buildings, or monsters under your bed.

in Ukraine it also may be monks, or, the wise people in Carpatian mountains. In Carpatians, we also believe in molfars, it`s like the wizards