• Mkengine@feddit.deEnglish
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    8 months ago

    Maybe English is not their native language, in German wie also say “Die Ukraine” instead of just Ukraine.

    • Devi@kbin.social
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      8 months ago

      Possibly, but it’s also what Russia call the country in order to describe it as a region of Russia rather than a country and Ukraine finds it offensive, the Ukrainian embassies have requested it not be used.

      Combined with this person referring to the parts of Ukraine currently under occupation I suspect they’re using the offensive form on purpose.