), total subscriptions: 3,314,263 (2020 est. WebUkraine - BBC News Ukraine Live Russia fires second wave of missiles at Ukraine World What weapons are being supplied to Ukraine? Ukraine 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. As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 329th day, we take a look at the main developments. In east-central Ukraine is the Dnieper Lowland, which is flat in the west and gently rolling in the east. )8.19% (2019 est. To the west and southwest, partly draining Ukrainian territory, the Dniester (Dnistro) also flows into the Black Sea; among its numerous tributaries, the largest in Ukraine are the Stryy and the Zbruch. Russia, Hungary, Romania, Moldova, Slovakia, Belarus, Poland. 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. However, this agreement failed to stop the fighting or find a political solution. Please select which sections you would like to print: Get a Britannica Premium subscription and gain access to exclusive content. The "referendum" was condemned as illegitimate by the Ukrainian Government, the EU, the US, and the UN General Assembly (UNGA). Ukraine is the place to start your business right NOW! It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. White House announces more classified ), Danube (shared with Germany [s], Austria, Slovakia, Czechia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Moldova, and Romania [m]) - 2,888 km; Dnieper river mouth (shared with Russia [s] and Belarus) - 2,287 km; Dniester river source and mouth (shared with Moldova) - 1,411 km; Vistula (shared with Poland [s/m] and Belarus) - 1,213 kmnote [s] after country name indicates river source; [m] after country name indicates river mouth, Atlantic Ocean drainage: (Black Sea) Danube (795,656 sq km), Don (458,694 sq km), Dnieper (533,966 sq km), densest settlement in the eastern (Donbas) and western regions; noteable concentrations in and around major urban areas of Kyiv, Kharkiv, Donets'k, Dnipropetrovs'k, and Odesa, strategic position at the crossroads between Europe and Asia; second-largest country in Europe after Russia, Ukrainian 77.8%, Russian 17.3%, Belarusian 0.6%, Moldovan 0.5%, Crimean Tatar 0.5%, Bulgarian 0.4%, Hungarian 0.3%, Romanian 0.3%, Polish 0.3%, Jewish 0.2%, other 1.8% (2001 est.). )consumption: 124,533,790,000 kWh (2019 est. 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. Monastyrskyy, 42, was killed in a helicopter crash on the outskirts of Kyiv while en route to the front lines. Dams and hydroelectric plants are situated on all the larger rivers. )refined petroleum consumption: 248,100 bbl/day (2019 est. )4% of GDP (2020 est. It is situated both in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres of the earth. Ukraine, country located in eastern Europe, the second largest on the continent after Russia. White House announces more On the west the Dnieper Upland is abutted by the rugged Volyn-Podilsk Upland, which rises to 1,545 feet (471 metres) at its highest point, Mount Kamula. Corrections? A new Ukrainian state, the Cossack Hetmanate, was established during the mid-17th century after an uprising against the Poles. )geothermal: 0% of total installed capacity (2020 est. Watch live. )crude oil estimated reserves: 395 million barrels (2021 est. [a] [11] Ukraine covers approximately 600,000 square kilometres (230,000 sq mi). )expenditures: 31.55 billion (2017 est. )note: data are in 2017 dollars, 3.4% (2021 est. Ukraine, country located in eastern Europe, the second largest on the continent after Russia. )exports: 5.139 billion kWh (2020 est. 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. The Dnieper River, one of the major rivers of Europe (fourth by length) flows from Russia, through Belarus and Ukraine, to the Black Sea. It has been marked on the map above by a yellow upright triangle. It is situated both in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres of the earth. Weakened by internecine quarrels and Mongol invasions, Kyivan Rus was incorporated into the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and eventually into the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. See the State Departments travel website for the Worldwide Caution and Travel Advisories. Two weeks later, a "referendum" was held regarding the integration of Crimea into the Russian Federation. )wine: 0.32 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est. agriculture: 12.2% (2017 est. The rolling plain of the Dnieper Upland, which lies between the middle reaches of the Dnieper (Dnipro) and Southern Buh (Pivdennyy Buh, or the Boh) rivers in west-central Ukraine, is the largest highland area; it is dissected by many river valleys, ravines, and gorges, some more than 1,000 feet (300 metres) deep. Weakened by internecine quarrels and Mongol invasions, Kyivan Rus was incorporated into the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and eventually into the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. )permanent pasture: 13.6% (2018 est. Ukrainian (official) 67.5%, Russian (regional language) 29.6%, other (includes small Crimean Tatar-, Moldovan/Romanian-, and Hungarian-speaking minorities) 2.9% (2001 est. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. The southern lowland continues in the Crimean Peninsula as the North Crimean Lowland. )note: this is the planned, consolidated budget, 58.72% of GDP (2020 est. )-3.75% (2020 est. Output by 1999 had fallen to less than 40% of the 1991 level. HERE TAKES CENTER STAGE The purpose of r/Ukraine is to amplify Ukrainian voices. The government's use of violence to break up the protest camp in February 2014 led to all out pitched battles, scores of deaths, international condemnation, a failed political deal, and the president's abrupt departure for Russia. Latest Ukraine Updates; United with Ukraine; Americans in Ukraine; How to Help; Holding We are at war, so content is tightly moderated to keep our community safe. Russian Ukraine has been asking for such tanks since nearly the start of Russias invasion. )from coal and metallurgical coke: 105.929 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est. In October 2012, Ukraine held Rada elections, widely criticized by Western observers as flawed due to use of government resources to favor ruling party candidates, interference with media access, and harassment of opposition candidates. Russian leaders remarks come as Kyiv grapples with the loss of its interior minister in a deadly helicopter crash. Ukraine | Today's latest from Al Jazeera Ukraine Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 325 As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 325th day, we take a look at Three large artesian basinsthe Volyn-Podilsk, the Dnieper, and the Black Seaare exceptionally important for municipal needs and agriculture as well. 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. The invasion of Ukraine remains one of the two largest displacement crises worldwide (the other is the conflict in Syria). ), municipal: 2.397 billion cubic meters (2017 est. 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. ), $81.504 billion (2021 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. 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