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Ukraine country profile
We all know that Ukraine has been at war with Russia for about three years. Most of us also know that its capital is Kyiv and the president is Volodymyr Zelensky, who always wears an olive green military shirt wherever he goes or appears. Geographically, Ukraine is the second-largest European country after Russia. It borders Russia to the east, Belarus to the north, and Poland to the west. Nearly 80% of the population are Ukrainians and 17% are Russians. Its black soil is some of the most fertile in the world, producing wheat, maize, sunflowers, and barley. But its history is with waves of repression. After the Mongolian invasion in the 13th century, the area was contested, divided, and ruled by neighboring powers for the next six centuries, including Poland, the Austrian Empire, the Ottoman Empire, the Russian Empire, and the Soviet Union. It was only in 1991 that today’s Ukraine declared independence after the Soviet dissolution. Then in 2014, its Crimean peninsula was seized by Russia, and in 2022, the whole country was invaded. Are you interested to learn more about Ukraine?
Read the article and learn more about Ukraine for the third commemoration of Russia’s invasion.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-18018002
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