PARTNER SPOTLIGHT
Ukraine
Ukraine borders the Russian Federation to the east and northeast, Belarus to the
northwest, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary to the west, Romania and Moldova to
the southwest, and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south and southeast.
President: Viktor Yanukovych
Independence: 1991
Capital: Kiev
Currency: Ukrainian hryvnia
Official languages: Ukranian
The Ukranian military consists of the Ground Forces, Naval Forces and Air Forces. Ukrainian troops are deployed in Kosovo as part of the Ukrainian-Polish Battalion. Ukraine continues to maintain the second-largest military in Europe, after
that of Russia.
Information taken from CIA Factbook.
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