)26.958 (2020 est. By early 2022, more than 14,000 civilians were killed or wounded as a result of the Russian intervention in eastern Ukraine.On 24 February 2022, Russia escalated its conflict with Ukraine by invading the country on several fronts in what has become the largest conventional military attack on a sovereign state in Europe since World War II. Crash near nursery in the town of Brovary kills at least 14 people, including Denys Monastyrskyy and three children. )refined petroleum consumption: 248,100 bbl/day (2019 est. note: data are in current year dollars, China 13%, Russia 12%, Germany 10%, Poland 9%, Belarus 7% (2019), refined petroleum, cars, packaged medicines, coal, natural gas (2019), $30.967 billion (31 December 2021 est. Weakened by internecine quarrels and Mongol invasions, Kyivan Rus was incorporated into the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and eventually into the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. However, this agreement failed to stop the fighting or find a political solution. The Ukrainian landscape nevertheless has some diversity: its plains are broken by highlandsrunning in a continuous belt from northwest to southeastas well as by lowlands. )beer: 2.44 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est. )exports: 61,000 metric tons (2020 est. To the south, another lowland extends along the shores of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov; its level surface, broken only by low rises and shallow depressions, slopes gradually toward the Black Sea. Located in the north-central part of the country, along the Dnieper River is Kiev (Kyiv) the capital and the most populous city of Ukraine. The Dnieper River, one of the major rivers of Europe (fourth by length) flows from Russia, through Belarus and Ukraine, to the Black Sea. ), total dependency ratio: 48.4youth dependency ratio: 22.6elderly dependency ratio: 25.8potential support ratio: 3.9 (2021 est. Russias occupation of Crimea in March 2014 and ongoing Russian aggression in eastern Ukraine have hurt economic growth. WebUkraine - BBC News Ukraine Live Russia fires second wave of missiles at Ukraine World What weapons are being supplied to Ukraine? Call us in Washington, D.C. at 1-888-407-4747 (toll-free in the United States and Canada) or 1-202-501-4444 (from all other countries) from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, Monday through Friday (except U.S. federal holidays). Much of central Ukraine is covered by plateaus and fertile plains (steppes), somewhat hilly areas of grasslands and shrublands. Ukraine was the center of the first eastern Slavic state, Kyivan Rus, which during the 10th and 11th centuries was the largest and most powerful state in Europe. West of the Volyn-Podilsk Upland, in extreme western Ukraine, the parallel ranges of the Carpathian Mountainsone of the most picturesque areas in the countryextend for more than 150 miles (240 km). )investment in inventories: 4.7% (2017 est. )other alcohols: 0.05 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est. Russian invasion of The capital is Kyiv, located on the Dnieper River in north-central Ukraine. Russian invasion of Ukraine: Latest news, analysis, video - CNN Happening now President Biden and Ukrainian President Zelensky hold a news conference. )government consumption: 20.4% (2017 est. 982 (VOLODYMYR I consolidates Kyivan Rus); 1199 (Principality (later Kingdom) of Ruthenia formed); 1648 (establishment of the Cossack Hetmanate); 22 January 1918 (from Soviet Russia), Independence Day, 24 August (1991); note - 22 January 1918, the day Ukraine first declared its independence from Soviet Russia, and the date the short-lived Western and Greater (Eastern) Ukrainian republics united (1919), is now celebrated as Unity Day, history: several previous; latest adopted and ratified 28 June 1996amendments: proposed by the president of Ukraine or by at least one third of the Supreme Council members; adoption requires simple majority vote by the Council and at least two-thirds majority vote in its next regular session; adoption of proposals relating to general constitutional principles, elections, and amendment procedures requires two-thirds majority vote by the Council and approval in a referendum; constitutional articles on personal rights and freedoms, national independence, and territorial integrity cannot be amended; amended several times, last in 2019, civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts, has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; non-party state to the ICCt, citizenship by birth: nocitizenship by descent only: at least one parent must be a citizen of Ukrainedual citizenship recognized: noresidency requirement for naturalization: 5 years, chief of state: President Volodymyr ZELENSKYY (since 20 May 2019)head of government: Prime Minister Denys SHMYHAL (since 4 March 2020)cabinet: Cabinet of Ministers nominated by the prime minister, approved by the Verkhovna Radaelections/appointments: president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 31 March and 21 April 2019 (next to be held in March 2024); prime minister selected by the Verkhovna Radaelection results: 2019: Volodymyr ZELENSKYY elected president; percent of vote in the first round Volodymyr ZELENSKYY (Servant of the People) 30.2%, Petro POROSHENKO (BPP-Solidarity) 15.6%, Yuliya TYMOSHENKO (Fatherland) 13.4%, Yuriy BOYKO (Opposition Platform-For Life) 11.7%, 35 other candidates 29.1%; percent of vote in the second round Volodymyr ZELENSKYY (Servant of the People) 73.2%, Petro POROSHENKO (BPP-Solidarity) 24.5%, other 2.3%; Denys SHMYHAL (independent) elected prime minister; Verkhovna Rada vote - 291-592014: Petro POROSHENKO elected president in the first round; percent of vote - Petro POROSHENKO (independent) 54.5%, Yuliya TYMOSHENKO (Fatherland) 12.9%, Oleh LYASHKO (Radical Party) 8.4%, other 24.2%; Volodymyr HROYSMAN (BPP) elected prime minister; Verkhovna Rada vote - 257-50note: there is also a National Security and Defense Council or NSDC originally created in 1992 as the National Security Council; the NSDC staff is tasked with developing national security policy on domestic and international matters and advising the president; a presidential administration helps draft presidential edicts and provides policy support to the president, description: unicameral Supreme Council or Verkhovna Rada (450 seats; 225 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 225 directly elected in a single nationwide constituency by closed, party-list proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms)elections: last held on 21 July 2019 (next to be held in July 2024)election results: percent of vote by party - Servant of the People 43.2%, Opposition Platform-For Life 13.1%, Batkivshchyna 8.2%, European Solidarity 8.1%, Voice 5.8%, other 21.6%; Servant of the People 254, Opposition Platform for Life 43, Batkivshchyna 26, European Solidarity 25, Voice 20, Opposition Bloc 6, Svoboda 1, Self Reliance 1, United Centre 1, Bila Tserkva Together 1, Independents 46; note - voting not held in Crimea and parts of two Russian-occupied eastern oblasts leaving 26 seats vacant; although this brings the total to 424 elected members (of 450 potential), article 83 of the constitution mandates that a parliamentary majority consists of 226 seats, highest court(s): Supreme Court of Ukraine or SCU (consists of 100 judges, organized into civil, criminal, commercial and administrative chambers, and a grand chamber); Constitutional Court (consists of 18 justices); High Anti-Corruption Court (consists of 39 judges, including 12 in the Appeals Chamber)judge selection and term of office: Supreme Court judges recommended by the High Qualification Commission of Judges (a 16-member state body responsible for judicial candidate testing and assessment and judicial administration), submitted to the High Council of Justice, a 21-member independent body of judicial officials responsible for judicial self-governance and administration, and appointed by the president; judges serve until mandatory retirement at age 65; High Anti-Corruption Court judges are selected by the same process as Supreme Court justices, with one addition a majority of a combined High Qualification Commission of Judges and a 6-member Public Council of International Experts must vote in favor of potential judges in order to recommend their nomination to the High Council of Justice; this majority must include at least 3 members of the Public Council of International Experts; Constitutional Court justices appointed - 6 each by the president, by the Congress of Judges, and by the Verkhovna Rada; judges serve 9-year nonrenewable terms, Batkivshchyna (Fatherland) [Yuliya TYMOSHENKO]European Solidarity or YeS [Petro POROSHENKO] Holos (Voice or Vote) [Kira RUDYK]Opposition Bloc [Evgeny MURAYEV] (formerly known as Opposition Bloc Party for Peace and Development, successor of the Industrial Party of Ukraine, and resulted from a schism in the original Opposition Bloc in 2019; banned in court June 2022; ceased to exist in July 2022)Opposition Bloc or OB (divided into Opposition Bloc - Party for Peace and Development and Opposition Platform - For Life in 2019; ceased to exist in July 2022)Opposition Platform - For Life [Yuriy BOYKO] (resulted from a schism in the original Opposition Bloc in 2019; activities suspended by the National Security and Defense Countil in March 2022; dissolved in April 2022)Radical Party or RPOL [Oleh LYASHKO]Samopomich (Self Reliance) [Oksana Ivanivna SYROYID]Servant of the People [Olena Oleksiivna SHULIAK]Svoboda (Freedom) [Oleh TYAHNYBOK], Australia Group, BSEC, CBSS (observer), CD, CE, CEI, CICA (observer), CIS (participating member, has not signed the 1993 CIS charter), EAEC (observer), EAPC, EBRD, FAO, GCTU, GUAM, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICRM, IDA, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAIA (observer), MIGA, MONUSCO, NAM (observer), NSG, OAS (observer), OIF (observer), OPCW, OSCE, PCA, PFP, SELEC (observer), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNFICYP, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNISFA, UNMIL, UNMISS, UNOCI, UNWTO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZCnote: Ukraine is an EU candidate country whose satisfactory completion of accession criteria is required before being granted full EU membership, chief of mission: Ambassador Oksana Serhiyivna MARKAROVA (since 7 July 2021)chancery: 3350 M Street NW, Washington, DC 20007telephone: [1] (202) 349-2963FAX: [1] (202) 333-0817email address and website: [emailprotected]; [emailprotected]https://usa.mfa.gov.ua/enconsulate(s) general: Chicago, New York, San Francisco, chief of mission: Ambassador Bridget A. Ukraine is an Eastern European country. A peaceful mass protest referred to as the "Orange Revolution" in the closing months of 2004 forced the authorities to overturn a rigged presidential election and to allow a new internationally monitored vote that swept into power a reformist slate under Viktor YUSHCHENKO. )$114.449 billion (2018 est. ), conventional long form: noneconventional short form: Ukrainelocal long form: nonelocal short form: Ukrainaformer: Ukrainian National Republic, Ukrainian State, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republicetymology: name derives from the Old East Slavic word "ukraina" meaning "borderland or march (militarized border region)" and began to be used extensively in the 19th century; originally Ukrainians referred to themselves as Rusyny (Rusyns, Ruthenians, or Ruthenes), an endonym derived from the medieval Rus state (Kyivan Rus), name: Kyiv (Kiev)geographic coordinates: 50 26 N, 30 31 Etime difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in Octoberetymology: the name is associated with that of Kyi, who along with his brothers Shchek and Khoryv, and their sister Lybid, are the legendary founders of the medieval city of Kyiv; Kyi being the eldest brother, the city was named after himnote: pronounced KAY-yiv, 24 provinces (oblasti, singular - oblast'), 1 autonomous republic* (avtonomna respublika), and 2 municipalities** (mista, singular - misto) with oblast status; Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Chernivtsi, Crimea or Avtonomna Respublika Krym* (Simferopol), Dnipropetrovsk (Dnipro), Donetsk, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kharkiv, Kherson, Khmelnytskyi, Kirovohrad (Kropyvnytskyi), Kyiv**, Kyiv, Luhansk, Lviv, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Poltava, Rivne, Sevastopol**, Sumy, Ternopil, Vinnytsia, Volyn (Lutsk), Zakarpattia (Uzhhorod), Zaporizhzhia, Zhytomyrnote 1: administrative divisions have the same names as their administrative centers (exceptions have the administrative center name following in parentheses); plans include the eventual renaming of Dnipropetrovsk and Kirovohrad oblasts, but because these names are mentioned in the Constitution of Ukraine, the change will require a constitutional amendment note 2: the US Government does not recognize Russia's illegal annexation of Ukraine's Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the municipality of Sevastopol, nor their redesignation as the "Republic of Crimea" and the "Federal City of Sevastopol"; neither does the US Government recognize Russia's claimed annexation of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia oblasts, 24 August 1991 (from the Soviet Union); notable earlier dates: ca. Invest in Ukraine. U.S. citizens seeking to depart Ukraine can call 1-833-741-2777 (in the U.S.) or 1-606-260-4379 (from overseas). )25.846 (2019 est. Omissions? It gained its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. Fitch rating: B (2019)Moody's rating: B3 (2020)Standard & Poors rating: B (2019)note: The year refers to the year in which the current credit rating was first obtained. The Crimean Mountains form the southern coast of the peninsula. Nonetheless, Russia in late September 2022 unilaterally declared its annexation of four Ukrainian oblasts - Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia - even though none was fully under Russian control. Larger saline lakes occur along the coast. Its fertile black soil accounted for more than one fourth of Soviet agricultural output, and its farms provided substantial quantities of meat, milk, grain, and vegetables to other republics. Ukraine Small saltwater lakes occur in the Black Sea Lowland and in Crimea. The above blank outline map is of Ukraine, a country in eastern Europe. But more improvements are needed, including fighting corruption, developing capital markets, improving the business environment to attract foreign investment, privatizing state-owned enterprises, and land reform. Watch live. See the State Departments travel website for the Worldwide Caution and Travel Advisories. )-3.75% (2020 est. )exports: 5.139 billion kWh (2020 est. )$25.317 billion (31 December 2019 est. ), definition: age 15 and over can read and writetotal population: 99.8%male: 99.8%female: 99.7% (2015), total: 15 yearsmale: 15 yearsfemale: 15 years (2014), total: 16.5%male: 16.3%female: 16.7% (2021 est. )note: data are in 2017 dollars, 3.4% (2021 est. )permanent pasture: 13.6% (2018 est. Monastyrskyy, 42, was killed in a helicopter crash on the outskirts of Kyiv while en route to the front lines. Crimea or Avtonomna Respublika Krym (Simferopol) is an autonomous republic. ), municipal: 2.397 billion cubic meters (2017 est. Please select which sections you would like to print: Get a Britannica Premium subscription and gain access to exclusive content. Find Out More. ), 19 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est. The 24 oblasts and Crimea are further subdivided into 136 raions (district) and city municipalities. )tide and wave: 0% of total installed capacity (2020 est. ), total: 25.8% (2020 est. Find Out More. )$5.267 billion (2020 est. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. The mountains range in height from about 2,000 feet (600 metres) to about 6,500 feet (2,000 metres), rising to 6,762 feet (2,061 metres) at Mount Hoverla, the highest point in the country. )note: Ukraine's population is overwhelmingly Christian; the vast majority - up to two thirds - identify themselves as Orthodox, but many do not specify a particular branch; theOCU and the UOC-MP each represent less than a quarter of the country's population, the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church accounts for 8-10%, and the UAOC accounts for 1-2%; Muslim and Jewish adherents each compose less than 1% of the total population, 0-14 years: 16.16% (male 3,658,127/female 3,438,887)15-24 years: 9.28% (male 2,087,185/female 1,987,758)25-54 years: 43.66% (male 9,456,905/female 9,718,758)55-64 years: 13.87% (male 2,630,329/female 3,463,851)65 years and over: 17.03% (male 2,523,600/female 4,957,539) (2020 est. )-$4.124 billion (2019 est. Ukraine ( Ukrainian: , romanized : Ukrana, pronounced [krjin] ( listen)) is a country in Eastern Europe. Ukraine is an eastern European country which gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. The country's highest point is located there, Hoverla Mountain, at 2061 m (6762 ft) tall. )exports of goods and services: 47.9% (2017 est. WebUkraine - BBC News Ukraine Live Russia fires second wave of missiles at Ukraine World What weapons are being supplied to Ukraine? Ukraine was the center of the first eastern Slavic state, Kyivan Rus, which during the 10th and 11th centuries was the largest and most powerful state in Europe. ), total: 7.33 deaths/1,000 live birthsmale: 8.26 deaths/1,000 live birthsfemale: 6.33 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est. Investment protection, simplified procedures and highly-qualified workforce are on us. Ukraine is the place to start your business right NOW! As of 3 January, 2023, approximately 17.14 million people had fled Ukraine, and 5.91 million people were internally displaced as of 5 December. Russian leaders remarks come as Kyiv grapples with the loss of its interior minister in a deadly helicopter crash. )permanent crops: 1.5% (2018 est. WebUkraine is an eastern European country which gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. ); note - in February 2018, the Constitutional Court ruled that 2012 language legislation entitling a language spoken by at least 10% of an oblast's population to be given the status of "regional language" - allowing for its use in courts, schools, and other government institutions - was unconstitutional, thus making the law invalid; Ukrainian remains the country's only official nationwide languagemajor-language sample(s): i i . Watch live. (Ukrainian)The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. Because of its fertile and rich farmlands and agriculture breadbaskets, the country is one of the largest exporters of grain internationally. Ukraine is an Eastern European country. Russia, Hungary, Romania, Moldova, Slovakia, Belarus, Poland. White House announces more classified Weakened by internecine quarrels and Mongol invasions, Kyivan Rus was incorporated into the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and eventually into the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Watch live. Ukraine had experienced a brief period of independence in 191820, but portions of western Ukraine were ruled by Poland, Romania, and Czechoslovakia in the period between the two World Wars, and Ukraine thereafter became part of the Soviet Union as the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (S.S.R.). )$517.968 billion (2020 est. ), production: 19,511,040,000 cubic meters (2019 est. )spirits: 2.88 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est. Ukraines President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday evening that he had been briefed by military and intelligence chiefs on Russias plans in the east and south of the country. )from petroleum and other liquids: 30.365 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est. Include the Desna, Dnieper, Dniester, Donets and the Southern Bug. )wine: 0.32 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est. BRINK (since 18 May 2022)embassy: 4 A. I. Igor Sikorsky Street, 04112 Kyivmailing address: 5850 Kyiv Place, Washington, DC 20521-5850telephone: [380] (44) 521-5000FAX: [380] (44) 521-5544email address and website: [emailprotected]https://ua.usembassy.gov/, two equal horizontal bands of azure (top) and golden yellow; although the colors date back to medieval heraldry, in modern times they are sometimes claimed to represent grain fields under a blue sky, tryzub (trident), sunflower; national colors: blue, yellow, name: "Shche ne vmerla Ukraina" (Ukraine Has Not Yet Perished)lyrics/music: Paul CHUBYNSKYI/Mikhail VERBYTSKYInote: music adopted 1991, lyrics adopted 2003; song first performed in 1864 at the Ukraine Theatre in Lviv; the lyrics, originally written in 1862, were revised in 2003, total World Heritage Sites: 7 (6 cultural, 1 natural)selected World Heritage Site locales: Kyiv: Saint Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kyiv Pechersk Lavra (c); Lviv Historic Center (c); Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metropolitans, Chernivtsi (c); Ancient City of Tauric Chersonese, Sevastopol (c); Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region (c); Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians (n); Struve Geodetic Arc (c). )municipal solid waste recycled annually: 487,745 tons (2015 est. The Dnieper River, with its hydroelectric dams, huge reservoirs, and many tributaries, dominates the entire central part of Ukraine. After Russia, the Ukrainian Republic was the most important economic component of the former Soviet Union, producing about four times the output of the next-ranking republic. It gained its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. The shores of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov are characterized by narrow, sandy spits of land that jut out into the water; one of these, the Arabat Spit, is about 70 miles (113 km) long but averages less than 5 miles (8 km) in width. )exports: 0 cubic meters (2021 est. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 329th day, we take a look at the main developments. In mid-2014, Russia began supplying proxies in two of Ukraine's eastern provinces with manpower, funding, and materiel driving an armed conflict with the Ukrainian Government that continues to this day. With a population over 42 million people, Ukraine is the 7th/8th most populous county in Europe and the 32nd most populous country in the world. Although Ukraine achieved independence in 1991 with the dissolution of the USSR, democracy and prosperity remained elusive as the legacy of state control and endemic corruption stalled efforts at economic reform, privatization, and civil liberties. )methane emissions: 63.37 megatons (2020 est. WebThe latest news as Russian president Vladimir Putin could soon decide to escalate the crisis at the Ukraine-Russia border and invade Ukraine. It has been marked on the map above by a yellow upright triangle. Orthodox (includes the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU), Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (UAOC), and the Ukrainian Orthodox - Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP)), Ukrainian Greek Catholic, Roman Catholic, Protestant, Muslim, Jewish (2013 est. The latest news as Russian president Vladimir Putin could soon decide to escalate the crisis at the Ukraine-Russia border and invade Ukraine. [a] [11] Ukraine covers approximately 600,000 square kilometres (230,000 sq mi). Because of its fertile and rich farmlands and agriculture breadbaskets, the country is one of the largest exporters of grain internationally. With so much uncertainty caused by the war, Iryna and Oleksandr are working to save as much money as they can. )note: data are in 2017 dollars, 9.36% (2021 est. During the latter part of the 18th century, most Ukrainian ethnographic territory was absorbed by the Russian Empire. New elections in the spring allowed pro-West president Petro POROSHENKO to assume office in June 2014; he was succeeded by Volodymyr ZELENSKY in May 2019. )subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 19 (2020 est. Ukraine - BBC News Ukraine Live Russia fires second wave of missiles at Ukraine World What weapons are being supplied to Ukraine? ), total subscriptions: 3,314,263 (2020 est. note: data are in current year dollars$63.556 billion (2019 est.) )consumption: 41.181 million metric tons (2020 est. WebUkraine is an eastern European country which gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. The middle course of the Donets River, a tributary of the Don, flows through southeastern Ukraine and is an important source of water for the Donets Basin (Donbas). In alphabetical order, these provinces are: Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Chernivtsi, Dnipropetrovsk (Dnipro), Donetsk, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kharkiv, Kherson, Khmelnytskyy, Kirovohrad (Kropyvnytskyy), Kyiv, Luhansk, Lviv, Mykolayiv, Odesa, Poltava, Rivne, Sumy, Ternopil, Vinnytsya, Volyn (LutsK), Zakarpattya (Uzhhorod), Zaporizhzhya and Zhytomyr. )26.597 (2017 est. )geothermal: 0% of total installed capacity (2020 est. WebLocated in Central Eastern Europe, Ukraine () represents the largest European country by territory in that part of the world. WebIts Ukraine a place to explore and to fall in love with right NOW! )consumption: 26,413,486,000 cubic meters (2019 est. WebIts Ukraine a place to explore and to fall in love with right NOW! Representatives from Ukraine, Russia, the unrecognized Russian proxy republics, and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe also meet regularly to facilitate implementation of the peace deal. )$12,400 (2020 est. ), electrification - total population: 100% (2020), installed generating capacity: 56.816 million kW (2020 est. President YANUKOVYCH's backtracking on a trade and cooperation agreement with the EU in November 2013 - in favor of closer economic ties with Russia - and subsequent use of force against students, civil society activists, and other civilians in favor of the agreement led to a three-month protest occupation of Kyiv's central square. Marshland, covering almost 3 percent of Ukraine, is found primarily in the northern river valleys and in the lower reaches of the Dnieper, Danube, and other rivers. )27.2 (2018 est. Almost 18,000 civilian casualties had been reported, as of 2 January 2023. Ukraine Because of its fertile and rich farmlands and agriculture breadbaskets, the country is one of the largest exporters of grain internationally. The invasion of Ukraine remains one of the two largest displacement crises worldwide (the other is the conflict in Syria). Find Out More. )proven reserves: 34.375 billion metric tons (2019 est. Ukraine occupies the southwestern portion of the Russian Plain (East European Plain). Sharing of russian [a] [11] Ukraine covers approximately 600,000 square kilometres (230,000 sq We are at war, so content is tightly moderated to keep our community safe. Dams and hydroelectric plants are situated on all the larger rivers. Eastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Poland, Romania, and Moldova in the west and Russia in the east, total: 603,550 sq kmland: 579,330 sq kmwater: 24,220 sq kmnote: approximately 43,133 sq km, or about 7.1% of Ukraine's area, is Russian occupied; the seized area includes all of Crimea and about one-third of both Luhans'k and Donets'k oblasts, almost four times the size of Georgia; slightly smaller than Texas, total: 5,581 kmborder countries (6): Belarus 1,111 km; Hungary 128 km; Moldova 1,202 km; Poland 498 km; Romania 601 km; Russia 1,944 km, Slovakia 97 km, territorial sea: 12 nmexclusive economic zone: 200 nmcontinental shelf: 200 m or to the depth of exploitation, temperate continental; Mediterranean only on the southern Crimean coast; precipitation disproportionately distributed, highest in west and north, lesser in east and southeast; winters vary from cool along the Black Sea to cold farther inland; warm summers across the greater part of the country, hot in the south, mostly fertile plains (steppes) and plateaus, with mountains found only in the west (the Carpathians) or in the extreme south of the Crimean Peninsula, highest point: Hora Hoverla 2,061 mlowest point: Black Sea 0 mmean elevation: 175 m, iron ore, coal, manganese, natural gas, oil, salt, sulfur, graphite, titanium, magnesium, kaolin, nickel, mercury, timber, arable land, agricultural land: 71.2% (2018 est. 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