It is natural that you would prefer to communicate with Ukrainian women or Russian women who speak good English. But what about Russian women or Ukrainian women who list elementary level of English on their profiles?
In reality, 90% of Ukrainian women study English for 7-10 years as part of the school program (with the remaining 10% focusing on French or German) and then most of them continue their English studies for 3-5 more years at college or university.
Historically, school and university English classes have focused primarily on reading and translation skills, while communicative approach was rarely used in Ukrainian public educational institutions. It is the predominant reason why most of Russian women or Ukrainian women struggle to speak English, despite studying it for numerous year. Furthermore, lack of practice further complicates the issue.
Having said that, they all have solid English language foundation with rich English vocabulary in their passive memory. So the learning process is very fast and 6 months of intensive English courses is typically sufficient for a Ukrainian woman to start speaking.
The learning is even faster with the recent language learning apps, and when the woman will submerge into the English speaking environment when she comes to your country, the learning process will be even faster.
Another point is very important: if she woman speaks already a fluent English, we will for sure have more communication with other men so the success rate of each man is much lower if we find you a Ukrainian woman whose English is limited that also limits the number of potential competitors.
So, from all the points of view, we recommend men to base their search on criterias like age, appearance, character, profession, kids etc and not on actual level of English or hair color.