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Ukraine
Wikidata · Q212
Active span
1990 – 2022
Profile
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the north; Poland and Slovakia to the west; Hungary, Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov to the south and southeast. Kyiv is Ukraine's capital and largest city, followed by Kharkiv, Odesa, and Dnipro. The official language of the country is Ukrainian. Ukraine covers an area of 603,628 km2 (233,062 sq mi) with an estimated total population of 32.3 million in 2026.
Where they fought
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When they fought
24 battles · 4 wars
Most active in 2020 — 5 catalogued battles.
Battles
24 engagements
June 19, 1992
Battle of Bender
Transnistria War
March 20, 2003
2003 invasion of Iraq
Iraq War
March 20, 2003
Anbar campaign (2003–2011)
Iraq War
Apr 2003
Baghdad Drive
Iraq War
December 13, 2003
Operation Red Dawn
Iraq War
October 1, 2004
Battle of Samarra
Iraq War
April 4, 2004
First Battle of Fallujah
Iraq War
Aug 2004
Najaf
Iraq War
Nov–Dec 2004
Second Fallujah
Iraq War
2007
Surge Security Operations
Iraq War
March 25, 2008
Battle of Basra
Iraq War
January 1, 2014
Russian annexation of Crimea
Russo-Ukrainian War
February 20, 2014
Russian occupation of Crimea
Russo-Ukrainian War
November 25, 2018
Kerch Strait incident
Russo-Ukrainian War
January 1, 2020
2022 Kherson counteroffensive
full-scale Russo-Ukrainian war
January 1, 2020
attacks in Russia during the Russo-Ukrainian war
full-scale Russo-Ukrainian war
January 1, 2020
Crimea attacks
full-scale Russo-Ukrainian war
January 1, 2020
eastern front of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
full-scale Russo-Ukrainian war
January 1, 2020
Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
full-scale Russo-Ukrainian war
March 18, 2022
2022 Deliatyn attack
full-scale Russo-Ukrainian war
September 6, 2022
2022 Kharkiv counteroffensive
full-scale Russo-Ukrainian war
March 3, 2022
3 March 2022 Chernihiv bombing
full-scale Russo-Ukrainian war
February 24, 2022
Battle of Antonov Airport
full-scale Russo-Ukrainian war
August 9, 2022
Battle of Bakhmut
Russo-Ukrainian War
Commanders of Ukraine
18 catalogued
Anatoliy Fedoruk
1972–
Andrii Zahorodniuk
Minister of Defense of Ukraine1976–
Averkii Honcharenko
Ihor Tenyukh
admiral1958–
Mamuka Mamulashvili
1978–
Oleksandr Syrskyi
colonel general1965–
Oleksandr Turchynov
President of Ukraine1964–
Oleksiy Kuleba
1983–
Pavlo Sbytov
Major1994–2022
Petro Poroshenko
People's Deputy of Ukraine1965–
Roman Darmohrai
1993–
Ruslan Khomchak
colonel general of tank forces1967–
Stepan Poltorak
General of Army of Ukraine1965–
Valerii Zaluzhnyi
General of Army of Ukraine1973–
Valeriy Chybineyev
Major1988–2022
Valeriy Heletey
colonel general1967–
Viktor Nikoliuk
general1975–
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
President of Ukraine1978–
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