There used to be. I didn't realise till I just looked it up ( http://public.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/ukraine.html http://public.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/ukraine.htm

There used to be. I didn't realise till I just looked it up ( http://public.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/ukraine.html http://public.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/ukraine.html ) that they had officially dropped the 'the' after 1990, I thought either was correct.