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ukraine
📅 Updated:2026-05-03
🕒 Created:2022-10-09
🆔 ID:45607
Description
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately 600,000 square kilometres (230,000 sq mi). Prior to the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War, it was the eighth-most populous country in Europe, with a population of around 41 million people. It is also bordered by Belarus to the north; by Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; and by Romania and Moldova to the southwest; with a coastline along the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov to the south and southeast. Kyiv is the nation's capital and largest city. The country's national language is Ukrainian, and most people are also fluent in Russian.
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Geograph
Ukraine de-jure consists of 24 oblasts, 1 republic and 2 cities with a special status. Of them, 4 oblasts, 1 republic and 1 city with a special status are mostly or fully uncontrolled by Ukraine since 2014 and 2022 and are subjects of territorial dispute with the Russian Federation, which recognized them as 6 of their 89 subjects. Most of the countries, including the USA, continue to recognize them as parts of Ukraine. These are marked with (*).
Oblasts
Republic
Cities with a special status
- Kyiv
- Sevastopol (*)
