Border between Russia and Ukraine

Russian-Ukrainian border

The Russian-Ukrainian border has existed in its current form since the Ukraine's formal declaration of independence on August 24, 1991 by the Verkhovna Rada . It borders on five Russian oblasts and five Ukrainian oblasts .

The border has a total length of 2295 km. The land border accounts for 1974 km, the sea border 321 km. It extends from a point in the Black Sea south of the Kerch Strait , crosses the Sea of ​​Azov and runs to the triangle with Belarus at the village of Senkiwka in the north.

As a result of the Crimean crisis , since 2014 another section of the border between Ukraine and Russian-controlled Crimea has been running along the Isthmus of Perekop and Sywasch , the legal status of which is disputed.

Border security project

The border fortification project was presented on September 3, 2014 by the Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk .

On September 12, 2014, the Ukrainian cabinet approved 100 million hryvnia , and on March 18, 2015, a further 865 million hryvnia to strengthen this border.

Web links

Commons : Russian-Ukrainian border  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Между Крымом и Украиной установили госграницу , ntv.ru , April 25, 2014 (Russian)
2. ↑ На административной границе с временно оккупированной территорией АР Крым , dpsu.gov.ua , October 25, 2015 (Russian)
3. ↑ Уряд уже виділив 100 млн грн на проект "Стіна" ( uk ) Espreso. September 12, 2014. Retrieved March 29, 2015.
4. ^ Government to allocate 865 mln to build fortified border with Russia . Ukrinform. March 18, 2015. Archived from the original on July 3, 2015. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 29, 2015.