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Belarus and Ukraine within Europe Polesian lowland. The Belarusian-Ukrainian border (Belarusian: Беларуска-ўкраінская граніца, romanized: Bielaruska-ŭkrainskaja hranica, Ukrainian: Білорусько-український кордон, romanized: Bilorusko-ukrainskyi kordon) is the state border between Belarus and Ukraine with a length of about 1,084 km (674 mi).
Belarus, a close ally of Russia, has supported its eastern neighbour in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.Before the start of the offensive, Belarus allowed the Russian Armed Forces to perform weeks-long military drills on its territory; however, the Russian troops did not exit the country after they were supposed to finish.
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The border between the Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation was formally formed after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in December 1991. In order to implement the Treaty on the Creation of the Economic Union, on 6 January 1995 Russia and Belarus concluded an Agreement on a bilateral Customs Union. The Parties stated that certain ...
The Treaty defines the "Russia–Ukraine state border" as the line and vertical surface passing along this line, separating the state territories (land, waters, subsoil, and airspace) of the Contracting Parties from the point of junction of the state borders of the Russian Federation, Ukraine, and the Republic of Belarus to the point located on the shore of the Taganrog Gulf.
Despite this, the situation along the border remained tense; Ukraine closed the border checkpoints leading into Belarus, bar special cases. [6] Belarus initially denied involvement with the conflict but has since said it allowed Russian missile launchers stationed on its territory to shoot at Ukrainian targets.
By sea Ukraine borders with Romania, Turkey and Russia. To the west Romania - Ukraine border stretches from the edge of its land segment across the Black Sea over the distance of 33 km, after that it is a boundary of the Ukrainian territorial waters and the Romanian Economic Zone. The Ukrainian territorial waters include the Snake Island.
Border countries: Latvia 161 km, Lithuania 640 km, Poland 418 km, Russia 1,312 km, Ukraine 1,111 km; Coastline 0 km (0 mi). Belarus is landlocked; the nearest body of water is the Baltic Sea, yet Lithuania and Latvia block access to the Baltic. Maritime claims None (landlocked) Elevation extremes. Lowest point: Neman River 90 m (295 ft)