There's a Wikipedia article devoted to Ukraine's name: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_of_Ukraine https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_of_Ukraine In short

There's a Wikipedia article devoted to Ukraine's name: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_of_Ukraine https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_of_Ukraine In short, Ukrainian has no definite article, unlike English. Ukraine officially dropped 'the' from the English translation of the country's name after independence. Some Ukrainians find the use of 'the' somewhat insulting as it is the Soviet-era translation and disregards the Ukrainian government translation.