位於東歐,是歐洲面積第二大的國家,如果把俄羅斯也算在歐洲的話。1991年蘇聯解體後正式獨立建國,但直到現在仍和俄羅斯有剪不斷理還亂的關係。過去依序選出親俄和親歐的總統,現任總統澤倫斯基則是中間偏歐。2014年俄羅斯出兵克里米亞後,烏克蘭東邊頓內次克和盧干斯克兩州的親俄武裝份子也謀求獨立。目前烏東地區情勢緊張,是西方國家圍堵俄羅斯的第一道防線。對了,澤倫斯基當總統前可是個專講政治諷刺喜劇的演員喔,原來戲棚下站久還真的可以當總統(欸不是)。
Year Founded: 1991
Situated in Eastern Europe, the Ukraine is the second-largest country by area in Europe if we count Russia as a part of Europe. It established independence in 1991 following the collapse of the Soviet Union, but still maintains an entangled relationship with Russia to this day. In the past, they have elected presidents that were pro-Russia and pro-Europe with the current President, Volodymyr Zelensky, being a little partial to Europe. Since the Russian dispatching of armed forces to Crimea in 2014, pro-Russian militants in the two oblasts of Donetsk and Luhansk in Eastern Ukraine have also sought independence. It is currently a very tense situation in Eastern Ukraine, the first line of defense for Western countries against Russia.