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ALERT: liberals have given up on the Ukraine (hexbear.net)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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source: the turbolibs nearby who have had a Ukrainian flag on their house for three full years have at last taken the faded rag down. Ukraine will probably collapse now without their brave full-scale show of support

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago

It's just because the word Ukraine comes from "окраина", which means "borderlands", and in Russian we say "in a country" but "on a land". Same explanation applies to what comrade Collatz_problem (sorry not sure how to @) says below – "на Руси" has a connotation of "on the land of Rus".

P.S. I personally don't see a problem with saying "в Украине", it is grammatically correct Russian that recognises Ukraine as a country.