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FYI: the "the" before Ukraine is superfluous. You can just type "like Ukraine just accused you of."
What about The Hague
And The United States
What about:
Normal country names don't begin with "the"
"The United States of America" makes grammatical sense. "The Ukraine" or any of the above doesn't .
Except when you're from the Netherlands.
That makes sense, again, grammatically. The low/lower/nether land.
The Holland.
I was being facetious
The name of Ukraine is Ukraine. "The Ukraine" was a USSR administrative district. The name of The United States is The United States