FarraigePlaisteach

That term isn’t translated to represent Russian grammar and politics, hence not relevant to this topic.

So basically when translated directly from Russian, “the” means that the place is no a sovereign place (eg, a hill). This is done deliberately to lull people into the idea that Ukraine is not an independent state. Ukraine has asked Russia to refrain from this, which it doesn’t. But we don’t have to collude. Fair enough.

“There was this widespread optimism in Moscow that Trump could deliver the Donbas after his election. It has largely evaporated,” one source in contact with Putin said.

Of course there was.

Slava Ukraini and Free Palestine.