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Ukraine designates PepsiCo, Mars as 'international war sponsors' (kyivindependent.com)

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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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[-] altima_neo@lemmy.zip -1 points 1 year ago

And The United States

[-] lud@lemm.ee 25 points 1 year ago

What about:

the England
the Germany
the France
the Sweden
the Russia
the Poland

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 .

[-] Streetdog@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago

Except when you're from the Netherlands.

[-] uranos@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

The Holland.

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