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Ukraine designates PepsiCo, Mars as 'international war sponsors'
(kyivindependent.com)
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Except when you're from the Netherlands.
That makes sense, again, grammatically. The low/lower/nether land.
The Holland.
In Dutch it's just called Nederland. "The" is added when referring to it in English since it makes more grammatical sense in English. The Low-Lying Lands.
Ukraine is its full proper name, from the original name of Україна, which can be romanized to Ukraine.
To "Ukraina", not Ukraine, but that's just a minor correction.