Ukrainian slang

220px|thumb|alt=Titushky|Titushky at the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, November 24, 2013 The Titushky (plural; ; ; ; ) were mercenary agents in Ukraine who supported the Ukrainian security services during the administration of Viktor Yanukovych, often posing as street hooligans in sports clothing with the purpose of serving as provocateurs at pro-European and anti-Yanukovych political rallies that would incite violence in order to get protestors arrested. Their role grew more prominent in the wake of Euromaidan, where they were involved in numerous clashes and acts of violence during the mo

thumb|right|250px|Two samosely in 2007 Samosely (; ; , ) are residents of the 30-kilometer Chernobyl Exclusion Zone surrounding the most heavily contaminated areas near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Belarus and Ukraine. In Belarusian, Ukrainian, and Russian the semosel is a generic reference to these who settle without an official approval or permission.