At least post fall of the USSR it's the incorrect one. Though I see Ukrainians who were around then use "the" sometimes which really confused me for a bit.
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No “the”
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“The Ukraine” is v. bad
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Dunno. It's a linguistic feature of English, actually. The Beeb had an interesting piece on it all the way back in 2012. https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-18233844 …
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Don't "the" an independent country. You don't say "the Russia".
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Do you say "The Poland"?
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An Ukraine.
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