Ukraine

Ukraine (Ukraina, Uk-Україна (2).oga) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest country in Europe, after Russia, which it borders to the east and north-east.Ukraine also has de facto borders to its south with [[Crimea, which Russia annexed from it in 2014. Ukraine still continues to claim the peninsula as its integral part and is supported internationally on the issue. See political status of Crimea for details.}} Ukraine also shares borders with Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the south; and has a coastline along the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea. It covers an area of abbr=on,Including the disputed territory of Crimea. with a population of about 41.5 million,Excluding the disputed territory of Crimea and is the eighth-most populous country in Europe. The country's capital and largest city is Kyiv.