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sobriquet9 on March 2, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Secure messengers in war time

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.

dequor on March 2, 2022 [–]

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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