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[–] iAmTheTot@kbin.social 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean, it wasn't Ukraine at the time of the Chernobyl disaster.

[–] Odelay42@lemmy.world 39 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] Masimatutu@lemm.ee 48 points 1 year ago (2 children)

also known as Soviet Ukraine or just Ukraine

[–] affiliate@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago (2 children)

yeah it was “just Ukraine”, not “Ukraine”

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 year ago
[–] BilboBargains@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Due to the excellent reputation of their justice system

[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

Actually it was The Ukraine meaning something like borderlands ( on Wikipedia ). When USSR fell and Ukraine gained its state independence, the term to describe the territory was depreciated by the state and adapted as its name.

[–] iAmTheTot@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I meant Ukraine, the country. It wasn't independent.

For example, I don't think anyone rational would pin the Chernobyl disaster on Ukraine leadership, policies, or decision making. And it was not Ukraine, the country (as in, a political entity), that had to deal with the political fallout.

[–] bstix@feddit.dk 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't think anyone would pin the dam collapse on Ukrainian leadership either.

[–] iAmTheTot@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I didn't mean to imply that they would.

All I mean to say is that the headline doesn't strike me as as dumb as people are making it out to be.

[–] lepthesr@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Just another "gotcha". I feel the same.

I could understand what they were implying. Some people lemmy.