)nuclear: 55.9% of total installed capacity (2020 est. It is situated both in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres of the earth. Several of the larger rivers are navigable, including the Dnieper, Danube, Dniester, Pripet (Prypyat), Donets, and Southern Buh (in its lower course). Ukraines Interior Minister Denys Monastyrskyy among 14 killed in helicopter crash on the outskirts of Kyiv. Kiev is the chief cultural and industrial center of Eastern Europe. )investment in fixed capital: 16% (2017 est. ), total subscriptions: 54,842,900 (2019)subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 130.63 (2019), general assessment: the Ukraine government announced grand plans in November 2020 to enable the commercial launch of 5G mobile services by the end of 2021 (including a spectrum auction slated for October), there has been very little progress made regarding that plan; growth in the mobile sector is flat, while the market waits for the regulator and the three dominant MNOs to move towards making faster and more powerful services available for public consumption (2021)domestic: fixed-line teledensity is nearly 8 per 100; the mobile-cellular telephone system's expansion has slowed, largely due to saturation of the market that is now just over 129 mobile phones per 100 persons (2020)international: country code - 380; landing point for the Kerch Strait Cable connecting Ukraine to Russia; 2 new domestic trunk lines are a part of the fiber-optic TAE system and 3 Ukrainian links have been installed in the fiber-optic TEL project that connects 18 countries; additional international service is provided by the Italy-Turkey-Ukraine-Russia (ITUR) fiber-optic submarine cable and by an unknown number of earth stations in the Intelsat, Inmarsat, and Intersputnik satellite systemsnote: the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant impact on production and supply chains globally; since 2020, some aspects of the telecom sector have experienced a downturn, particularly in mobile device production; progress toward 5G implementation has resumed, as well as upgrades to infrastructure; consumer spending on telecom services has increased due to the surge in demand for capacity and bandwidth; the crucial nature of telecom services as a tool for work and school from home is still evident, and the spike in this area has seen growth opportunities for development of new tools and increased services, Ukraines media landscape is dominated by oligarch-owned news outlets, which are often politically motivated and at odds with one another and/or the government; while polls suggest most Ukrainians still receive news from traditional media sources, social media is a crucial component of information dissemination in Ukraine; almost all Ukrainian politicians and opinion leaders communicate with the public via social media and maintain at least one social media page, if not more; this allows them direct communication with audiences, and news often breaks on Facebook or Twitter before being picked up by traditional news outlets, Ukraine television serves as the principal source of news; the largest national networks are controlled by oligarchs: TRK Ukraina is owned by Rinat Akhmetov; Studio 1+1 is owned by Ihor Kolomoyskyy; Inter is owned by Dmytro Firtash and Serhiy Lyovochkin; and StarlightMedia channels (ICTV, STB, and Novyi Kanal) are owned by Victor Pinchuk;a set of 24-hour news channels also have clear political affiliations: pro-Ukrainian government Channel 5 and Pryamyi are linked to President Petro Poroshenko; 24 is owned by opposition, but not pro-Russian, politicians; UA: Suspilne is a public television station under the umbrella of the National Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine; while it is often praised by media experts for balanced coverage, it lags in popularity; Ukrainian Radio, institutionally linked to UA: Suspilne, is one of only two national talk radio networks, with the other being the privately owned Radio NV, total: 40,912,381 (July 2022 est. )note: officially registered workers; large number of unregistered or underemployed workers, lowest 10%: 4.2%highest 10%: 21.6% (2015 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. Ukraine is divided into 24 provinces (oblast), 1 autonomous republic (avtonomna respublika) and 2 municipalities (mista). It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. ), electrification - total population: 100% (2020), installed generating capacity: 56.816 million kW (2020 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. )exports: 5.139 billion kWh (2020 est. ), forest revenues: 0.34% of GDP (2018 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. In east-central Ukraine is the Dnieper Lowland, which is flat in the west and gently rolling in the east. The river's total length is 2,285 km (1,420 mi). ), $117.41 billion (2019 est. Stay on top of Russia-Ukraine war latest developments on the ground with Al Jazeeras fact-based news, exclusive video footage, photos and updated maps. Russias occupation of Crimea in March 2014 and ongoing Russian aggression in eastern Ukraine have hurt economic growth. As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 329th day, we take a look at the main developments. 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. )imports: 17.333 million metric tons (2020 est. ); 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 . In World War II, German and Soviet armies were responsible for 7 to 8 million more deaths. The international community began efforts to stabilize the Ukrainian economy, including a March 2014 IMF assistance package of $17.5 billion, of which Ukraine has received four disbursements, most recently in April 2017, bringing the total disbursed as of that date to approximately $8.4 billion. Updates? Stay on top of Russia-Ukraine war latest developments on the ground with Al Jazeeras fact-based news, exclusive video footage, photos and updated maps. )services: 60% (2017 est. By the end of 2022, Ukrainian forces had regained all territories in the north and northeast and made some advances in the east and south. The latest news as Russian president Vladimir Putin could soon decide to escalate the crisis at the Ukraine-Russia border and invade Ukraine. Investment protection, simplified procedures and highly-qualified workforce are on us. With the dissolution of the U.S.S.R. in December 1991, Ukraine gained full independence. ), -0.26 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est. ), a sorting code to expeditiously handle large volumes of mailwas first set up in Ukraine (then part of the Soviet Union) in the 1930s; the sophisticated, three-part (number-letter-number) postal code system, referred to as an "index," was the world's first postal zip code; the system functioned well and was in use from 1932 to 1939 when it was abruptly discontinued, number of registered air carriers: 14 (2020)inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 126annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 7,854,842 (2018)annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 75.26 million (2018) mt-km, total: 108over 3,047 m: 132,438 to 3,047 m: 421,524 to 2,437 m: 22914 to 1,523 m: 3under 914 m: 28 (2021), total: 791,524 to 2,437 m: 5914 to 1,523 m: 5under 914 m: 69 (2021), 36,720 km gas, 4,514 km oil, 4,363 km refined products (2013), total: 21,733 km (2014)standard gauge: 49 km (2014) 1.435-m gauge (49 km electrified)broad gauge: 21,684 km (2014) 1.524-m gauge (9,250 km electrified), total: 169,694 km (2012)paved: 166,095 km (2012) (includes 17 km of expressways)unpaved: 3,599 km (2012), total: 409by type: bulk carrier 1, container ship 1, general cargo 84, oil tanker 15, other 308 (2021), major seaport(s): Feodosiia, Chornomorsk, Mariupol, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Yuzhneriver port(s): Kherson, Kyiv (Dnieper River), Mykolaiv (Pivdennyy Buh River), Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU; Zbroyni Syly Ukrayiny or ZSU): Ground Forces (Sukhoputni Viyska), Naval Forces (Viyskovo-Morski Syly, VMS), Air Forces (Povitryani Syly, PS), Air Assault Forces (Desantno-shturmovi Viyska, DShV), Ukrainian Special Operations Forces (UASOF), Territorial Defense Forces (Reserves); Ministry of Internal Affairs: National Guard of Ukraine, State Border Guard Service of Ukraine (includes Maritime Border Guard) (2022)note 1: in the event that martial law is declared, all National Guard units, with certain exceptions such as those tasked with providing for diplomatic security of embassies and consulates, would come under the command of the Ministry of Defense as auxiliary forces to the Armed Forcesnote 2:the Territorial Defense Forces (TDF) were formally established in July 2021; the TDF evolved from former Territorial Defense Battalions and other volunteer militia and paramilitary units that were organized in 2014-2015 to fight Russian-backed separatists in the Donbas; in January 2022, the TDF was activated as a separate military branch; it is organized into 25 brigades of varying size representing each of the 24 oblasts, plus the city of Kyiv; the International Legion of Territorial Defense, comprised of foreigners who have volunteered for Ukrainian military service since February 2022, is under the TDF, 4% of GDP (2021 est. It is situated both in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres of the earth. U.S. citizens in Ukraine: follow Embassy Kyiv and TravelGov on Twitter, and complete this form so we can communicate with you. ), total subscriptions: 3,314,263 (2020 est. 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. note: data are in current year dollars$60.707 billion (2020 est.) Despite continuous Muscovite pressure, the Hetmanate managed to remain autonomous for well over 100 years. Its Ukraine a place to explore and to fall in love with right NOW! When the Soviet Union began to unravel in 199091, the legislature of the Ukrainian S.S.R. Mount Roman-Kosh, at 5,069 feet (1,545 metres), is the mountains highest point. The capital is Kyiv, located on the Dnieper River in north-central Ukraine. 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. 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. Ukraine - BBC News Ukraine Live Russia fires second wave of missiles at Ukraine World What weapons are being supplied to Ukraine? 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. After former President YANUKOVYCH fled the country during the Revolution of Dignity, Ukraines economy fell into crisis because of Russias annexation of Crimea, military conflict in the eastern part of the country, and a trade war with Russia, resulting in a 17% decline in GDP, inflation at nearly 60%, and dwindling foreign currency reserves. unitary multiparty republic with a single legislative house (Verkhovna Rada, The autonomous hetman state and Sloboda Ukraine, Right Bank and western Ukraine until the Partitions of Poland, Ukraine under direct imperial Russian rule, Western Ukraine under the Habsburg monarchy, World War I and the struggle for independence, The New Economic Policy and Ukrainization, Western Ukraine under Soviet and Nazi rule, The Orange Revolution and the Yushchenko presidency, Russian invasion and annexation of Crimea, The Zelensky presidency and continued Russian aggression, The Zelensky-Trump phone call and the COVID-19 pandemic, The Russian buildup and the Battle of Kyiv, The Ukrainian refugee crisis and Russian war crimes, Central Intelligence Agency - The World Factbook - Ukraine, Ukraine - Children's Encyclopedia (Ages 8-11), Ukraine - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up). )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. 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. Denys Monastyrskyy and other top officials killed when a helicopter crashed near a nursery in Brovary, outside Kyiv. ), widespread lack of access: due to conflict - production prospects of 2022 winter crops hampered by low availability of inputs, delivery challenges, difficult physical access to fields due to the war, and eventual labor shortages; forecast for cereal exports in 2022 reduced, amid port closures, damage to infrastructure and implementation of government policies to secure sufficient domestic supplies; as of early March 2022, about 12 million people estimated to be in need of life saving assistance (2022), municipal solid waste generated annually: 15,242,025 tons (2016 est. A retreat, a missile blitz and a helicopter crash were the low points of a horrible 47th week of the war for Ukraine. Ukraine is an Eastern European country. )permanent crops: 1.5% (2018 est. )hydroelectricity: 3.6% of total installed capacity (2020 est. 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). ), 13.77 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est. Among the countrys lowlands are the Pripet Marshes (Polissya), which lie in the northern part of Ukraine and are crossed by numerous river valleys. 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. Ukraine is bordered by 7 European Nations: by Belarus in the north; by Hungary, Slovakia and Poland in the west; by Moldova and Romania in the southwest; and by Russia in the east and northeast. Invest in Ukraine. Invest in Ukraine already today reap the rewards in the nearest future. The Dnieper River, one of the major rivers of Europe (fourth by length) flows from Russia, through Belarus and Ukraine, to the Black Sea. Ukraine, country located in eastern Europe, the second largest on the continent after Russia. The country's highest point is located there, Hoverla Mountain, at 2061 m (6762 ft) tall. Visit the Definitions and Notes page to view a description of each topic. )imports: 2.72 billion kWh (2020 est. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. ), note: on 21 March 2022, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a Travel Alert for polio in Eastern Europe; Ukraine is currently considered a high risk to travelers for circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses (cVDPV); vaccine-derived poliovirus (VDPV) is a strain of the weakened poliovirus that was initially included in oral polio vaccine (OPV) and that has changed over time and behaves more like the wild or naturally occurring virus; this means it can be spread more easily to people who are unvaccinated against polio and who come in contact with the stool or respiratory secretions, such as from a sneeze, of an infected person who received oral polio vaccine; the CDC recommends that before any international travel, anyone unvaccinated, incompletely vaccinated, or with an unknown polio vaccination status should complete the routine polio vaccine series; before travel to any high-risk destination, the CDC recommends that adults who previously completed the full, routine polio vaccine series receive a single, lifetime booster dose of polio vaccine, total: 5.69 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. Ukraine - The Latest News from the UK and Around the World | Sky News Ukraine Eyewitness Soledar may have fallen - but Ukraine says Russia has lost large number of troops for not much gain Eyewitness Culture of silence as Russians warned of being pawns in propaganda battle 4:05 What Russia's Soledar push means Podcast The country consists almost entirely of level plains at an average elevation of 574 feet (175 metres) above sea level. 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. Representatives from Ukraine, Russia, and the unrecognized Russian proxy republics signed the Minsk Protocol and Memorandum in September 2014 to end the conflict. White House announces more Subsequent internal squabbles in the YUSHCHENKO camp allowed his rival Viktor YANUKOVYCH to stage a comeback in parliamentary (Rada) elections, become prime minister in August 2006, and be elected president in February 2010. 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. The country changed its official name to Ukraine, and it helped to found the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), an association of countries that were formerly republics of the Soviet Union. Ukraine occupies the southwestern portion of the Russian Plain (East European Plain). Ukrainian Government officials eliminated most tax and customs privileges in a March 2005 budget law, bringing more economic activity out of Ukraine's large shadow economy. 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. Ukraine Bordering Countries: Ukraine is an Eastern European country. Russian WebUkraine - The Latest News from the UK and Around the World | Sky News Ukraine Eyewitness Soledar may have fallen - but Ukraine says Russia has lost large number of troops for not much gain Eyewitness Culture of silence as Russians warned of being pawns in propaganda battle 4:05 What Russia's Soledar push means Podcast The capital is Kyiv, located on the Dnieper River in north-central Ukraine. It is a disputed territory. In April 2010, Ukraine negotiated a price discount on Russian gas imports in exchange for extending Russia's lease on its naval base in Crimea. 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