How to communicate with Ukrainian people

All around the world, Ukrainians and Slavic people, in general,(with an interrupter we
do always use commas) are known for being friendly and hospitable. Although that is
almost always true, there are still quite a few things to consider when
communicating with Ukrainian people.
First of all, Ukrainians aren’t actually that open and tend to be quite serious when it
comes to the first acquaintance. And (most teachers say it’s not okay to start the
sentence with AND but it is actually normal. Just notice for the future.) generally,
(missing comma after introductory) it is rare for Ukrainian people to show emotions
or smile in public, due to conventional respectful behaviour towards strangers. Our
public behaviour is typically quite restrained; may it be because we always try to
make a good first impression of being serious and businesslike, especially with
foreigners, or any other reason. But, on the other hand, once the initial acquaintance
has been made, we tend to open up quite a bit, we can even start joking around
and/or making rather bold statements and offers. Also, important to point out that
we, Ukrainians, are often very honest about various things, and (a comma before
"and" if it connects two independent clauses (unless they are closely connected and
short) we tend to make our opinions known.
Another important thing about Ukrainians is that most of the people here are quite
religious, (compound predicate there in no need to use comma) but mostly (doesn’t
follow context) of the older population. Younger people here in Ukraine tend to be
very tolerant and open to different views, but that is not always the case.
Nonetheless, no matter what your views are, if you respect us and our culture, you
will be able to deal with us just fine.
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Tymofii Hladiienko