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Where is Ukraine?

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe.

Ukraine in gold; its neighbours are lighter. Drawn from the outlines the game uses.
Type
Country
Continent
Europe
Region
Eastern Europe
Land borders
7: Belarus, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia
Area
About 570,000 km² on the game’s map
Hemispheres
Northern; Eastern
Capital city
50.45° N, 30.52° E

About Ukraine

Ukraine is the second-largest country in Europe and a leading exporter of grain and sunflower oil, with Kyiv as its capital and largest city. Its past runs from Kievan Rus' and the Cossack Hetmanate through the Holodomor and Chernobyl to independence in 1991. Russia annexed Crimea in 2014 and launched a full-scale invasion in 2022.

Clues from Atlas Daily

Round 1 on 5 October 2026 (#34), hardest clue first:

  1. In 1686 a synodal letter from Constantinople placed its Orthodox metropolitanate under Moscow.
  2. Its parliament adopted and ratified a new constitution on 28 June 1996.
  3. It has the world's second-largest Eastern Orthodox population, behind Russia.
  4. After Russia it is the second-largest country in Europe, bordered by that neighbour to the east.

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Sources: Wikipedia: Ukraine. Borders, area and map from Natural Earth 1:50m outlines, the same ones the game uses.