Ukraine

"Ukraine is one of the easy targets of a terrifying Russian invasion. Unintentionally done by the Russian Ground Forces, it seems that these Slavic brothers, Ukraine and Russia, started to hate each other from now on."

--Su Ji-Hoon, Shche ne Vmerly Ukrainy ni Slava ni Volya

Ukraine (/juːˈkreɪn/ yoo-KRAYN; Ukrainian: Україна, translit. Ukraina [ukrɑˈjinɑ]), sometimes called the Ukraine, is a sovereign state in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the east and northeast; Belarus to the northwest; Poland, Hungary, and Slovakia to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south and southeast, respectively. Ukraine is currently in a territorial dispute with Russia over the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia annexed in 2014 but which Ukraine and most of the international community recognize as Ukrainian. Including Crimea, Ukraine has an area of 603,628 km2 (233,062 sq mi), making it the largest country entirely within Europe and the 46th largest country in the world. Excluding Crimea, Ukraine has a population of about 42.5 million, making it the 32nd most populous country in the world.