RE: Learn about the special (13th) letter of the Ukrainian alphabet with Sonia : Letter "Ї"

Basically the Spanish letter is pronounced as an English "n" with the consonant "y" after it. For example, "niña" (little girl) is pronounced "ниня" rather than "нина" (excuse me for putting it in Russian but my grasp on Ukrainian is still tenuous at best).

On another note, does every city in Ukraine have a park named for Taras Shevchenko? I remember meeting my fiancee every Friday in Shevchenko Park in Kharkiv, so it took me a minute to realize you were speaking of Kyiv.