I approve of it and I understand the sentiment but why stop there? Why is it still called Ukraine and not Ukraina or better Україна?
Well, for “Україна”, I expect because we’re talking different languages that use different scripts. Same reason one says “Tsibili, Georgia” in English rather than “თბილისი, საქართველო”.
I don’t know about “Ukraine” in German, but all countries register their official English name at the UN, and Ukraine has registered “Ukraine” rather than “Ukraina”, and it looks like “Ukraine” in German is the same as “Ukraine” in English. I suppose that if Ukraine wanted to be “Ukraina” rather than “Ukraine”, at least in English, they could reregister it.
For the same reason we call Germany Germany and not Deutschland?
Has the Ukrainian government expressed the desire for English language users to charge how we refer to their country like Turkey/Türkiye has? I only remember them not wanting to be called the Ukraine anymore as if they were just a region of another place.
