General facts
Official language: Ukrainian
Capital: Kyiv
Independence: August, 24, 1991
Location: Central-Eastern Europe, part of the East-European plain, between 44''20' and 52''20' N and 22''5' and 41''15'E.
Area: 603 700 km2
Climate: moderately continental, except for Southern Crimea, where the climate is subtropical, of the Mediterranean type. The Carpathian climate is also mild, with warm winter and rainy summer.
Average winter temperature is from -8° to -12° C (from +17.6° F to +3° F). In the Southern regions average winter temperature is 0° C (+32° F).
Average summer temperature is from +18° to +25° C (from +64.4° F to +77° F), although maximum temperature can be more than +35° C (+95° F).
Best time to visit Ukraine: summer, late spring and early autumn.
Population: 47 732 079 (25th in the world, population density – 80 p/km2)
Currency: hryvnia (letter code UAH, digital code 980)
Time zone: GMT+2 (UTC+2)
Internet top-level domain: ua
International phone code: 380
New official website UKRAINE.UA
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On February 24, 2022, the President of the Russian Federation announced the beginning of the so-called "special military operation" under the pretext of carrying out the so-called "demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine". After that, around four o'clock in the morning, missile strikes were carried out throughout the territory of Ukraine, and Russian troops launched a large-scale invasion of the territory of our state, entering from the side of the Russian Federation, Belarus and the temporarily occupied Crimean peninsula.
The defense sector of Ukraine responded by repelling the occupier along the entire front line. Active resistance from the Armed Forces of Ukraine, territorial defense forces and Ukrainian citizens caused significant losses to the Russian occupiers and disrupted the Kremlin's plans to carry out a "blitzkrieg", capture Kyiv and key cities and change power in Ukraine.
Goals of Ukraine in the war and after it
Ukraine strives for the complete liberation of all occupied territories, the restoration of sovereignty and territorial integrity in the internationally recognized borders, including the parts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions, as well as the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, occupied in 2014.
Russia must pay compensation for the mass destruction caused to Ukraine. War criminals must be held accountable.
Ukraine should receive clear and effective international security guarantees. Russia must be deprived of the capacity for armed aggression in the future.
Ukraine will create conditions for the voluntary return of refugees and internally displaced persons to the territory from which they were forced to leave due to Russia's military aggression.
After the war, Ukraine, having gone through reforms, will join the European and Euro-Atlantic institutions as a full member, which is fixed in the Constitution of Ukraine.
You can support Ukraine: https://u24.gov.ua/uk