General Information
DescriptionConsisting of a total of 26 administrative regions, Ukraine's form of government is a unitary constitutional republic with a semi-presidential system. While nearly 20% of the country's population consists of citizens of Russian origin, other minorities are around 5%.
Ukraine, which declared its independence from the Soviet Union on August 24, 1991, is the closest candidate to become a European Union country among the European Union candidates today.
The country has large forests and steppes. It is also very rich in terms of water resources (rivers and lakes).