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Re:Secure messengers in war time by rubyist5eva on Tuesday March 01, 2022 @08:08PM (#30522371)
> I’ve heard the term “the Ukraine” is offensive since it implies it’s an area, not a country.

I've heard it's offensive because that is how the Russians said it in soviet times before Ukrainian independence which made it simply "Ukraine" in its constitution.

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Re:Secure messengers in war time by sobriquet9 on Tuesday March 01, 2022 @08:42PM (#30522596)
There are no definite or indefinite articles in either Russian or Ukranian, so they could not have been saying "the Ukraine".

They used to say "in Ukraine" as "на Украине", which is now considered offensive. One is supposed to say "в Украине" instead.

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Re:Secure messengers in war time by dequor on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @03:04AM (#30524976)
Slight nit - they used to say "on Ukraine" (на Украине) as in /on Ukrainian land/. In contrast to the term "in" - "in Ukraine" - which is something you would use to reference an entity, for ex. a country.
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