| Name: | Ukraine |
| Local name (Ukrainian): | Óêðàїíà |
| Bordering countries: | Russia, Belorussia, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Rumania, Moldavia, Dniester Republic |
| Status: | sovereign state |
| Surface (incl. Crimea): | 603.7 ths. sq. km |
| Population (2003, incl. Crimea): | 48 056 ths. |
| Capital: | Kiev (Êèїâ) |
| Official language: | Ukrainian |
| Administrative divisions: | 24 regions, 1 autonomous republic, 2 centrally administered cities |