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Ukraine's National Corruption Prevention Agency added major food corporations PepsiCo and Mars to the "international sponsors of war" list on Sept. 1.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In Dutch it's just called Nederland. "The" is added when referring to it in English since it makes more grammatical sense in English. The Low-Lying Lands.

Ukraine is its full proper name, from the original name of Україна, which can be romanized to Ukraine.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

To "Ukraina", not Ukraine, but that's just a minor correction.