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Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft has crashed into the Moon, Roscosmos says (www.euronews.com)

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[–] UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

So because you're right, I'm not allowed to be right at all? I never said my reason was the sole reason. I brought up a single point, and your article backed me up.

You may be more right, but I'm not wrong

Edit:When Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union, it was referred to as "the Ukraine" because it was a region in a larger country, according to linguists and historians. It would be the equivalent of saying "the Northeast" or "the Rockies" in the United States, said Michael Flier, a professor of Ukrainian philology at Harvard University.

Russians used the construction "na Ukraine," roughly "in the Ukraine," while it was part of the Soviet Union, he said.

Read your source my dude