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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.
The Russia–Ukraine border is the de jure international boundary between Russia and Ukraine.Over land, the border spans five Russian oblasts and five Ukrainian oblasts.Due to the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in early 2014, the de facto border between Russia and Ukraine is different from the legal border recognized by the United Nations.
1991 Croatian independence, border between Croatia and Yugoslavia. ... after which border cairns were erected. ... border between Ukraine and Czechoslovakia.
Leonid Kravchuk, the parliament chairman and de facto head of state, was elected to serve as the first President of Ukraine. [4] From 2 December 1991 onwards, Ukraine was globally recognized by other countries as an independent state. [5] [6] [7] Also on 2 December, the President of the Russian SFSR Boris Yeltsin recognized Ukraine as independent.
Poland and Canada were the first countries to recognize Ukraine's independence, both on 2 December 1991. [12] [13] [14] On the same day (2 December) it was reported during the late-evening airing of the television news program Vesti that the President of the Russian SFSR, Boris Yeltsin, had recognized Ukraine's independence. [15]
December 8 – In the Białowieża Forest Nature Reserve in Belarus, the leaders of Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine sign an agreement officially ending the Soviet Union and establishing the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in its place. [4] [5] December 12 – Ukraine becomes the first post-Soviet republic to decriminalize homosexuality. [6]
With this, Ukraine's independence was formalized de jure and recognised by the international community. [citation needed] On 2 December 1991, Poland and Canada were the first countries to recognize Ukraine's independence. [37] The history of Ukraine between 1991 and 2004 was marked by the presidencies of Leonid Kravchuk and Leonid Kuchma. This ...
With the treaty, Moscow recognized Ukraine's borders and territorial integrity, and accepted Ukraine's sovereignty over Crimea and Sevastopol. [25]: 600 In a separate agreement, Russia was to receive 80 percent of the Black Sea Fleet and use of the military facilities in Sevastopol on a 20-year lease.