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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 7 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.