Russian news site accidentally publishes article celebrating victory in the Ukraine

submitted by jet199 from web.archive.org

all 1 comments
sorted by:
top
newinsightfulfun

[–][deleted]  (1 child)

[deleted]

    [–]jet199[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

    I've heard it's because the Ukraine means the edge. The Poles called it that when it was part of their empire.

    Basically it used to be a patch of uninhabitable on the borders of everyone else's territory until farming took off.

    The Ukrainians don't like you calling it the Ukraine because that's implying it should be part of something else.

    I can't be bothered to care.

    relevant podcast https://play.acast.com/s/the-rest-is-history-podcast/155-ukraine-and-russia