Nowadays people prefer to call the country "Ukraine", rather "the Ukraine". I admit I've made that mistake more than a few times. See here for some backstory

Nowadays people prefer to call the country "Ukraine", rather "the Ukraine". I admit I've made that mistake more than a few times. See here for some backstory and history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_of_Ukraine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name_of_Ukraine