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A young Ukrainian girl in a folk costume, by Nikolay Rachkov. Maximum extent of European territory inhabited by the East Slavic tribes—predecessors of Kievan Rus', the first East Slavic state [2] —in the 8th and 9th centuries. The East Slavs are the most populous subgroup of the Slavs. [3] They speak the East Slavic languages, [4] and ...
Religion. Orthodox Church of Ukraine. The history of Ukrainian nationality can be traced back to the kingdom of Kievan Rus' of the 9th to 12th centuries. It was the predecessor state to what would eventually become the Eastern Slavic nations of Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine.
Russia has said the energy system is a legitimate military target and described last month's attacks as "revenge strikes" to punish Ukraine for attacking Russian border regions.
The largest nuclear power plant in Europe, the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, is located in Ukraine. Fossil fuel subsidies were USD 1.6 billion in 2021. [3] Until the 2010s all of Ukraine's nuclear fuel came from Russia, but now most does not. [4]
The Zaporizhzhia plant, the largest in Europe, was captured by Russia shortly after it launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. UN demands Russia withdraw from Europe's largest ...
Country. Ukraine, Russia. Years active. 2. Founder. Russia. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has led to ongoing widespread and possibly serious and long-term environmental damage. The Ukrainian government, journalists and international observers describe the damage as ecocide . Explosions inflict toxic damage along with physical destruction.
Russia,[b]or the Russian Federation,[c]is a country spanning Eastern Europeand North Asia. It is the largest country in the world by area, extending across eleven time zonesand sharing land borders with fourteen countries. [d]It is the world's ninth-most populous countryand Europe's most populous country. Russia is a highly urbanised country ...
European Russia[ a] is the western and most populated part of the Russian Federation. It is geographically situated in Europe, as opposed to the country's sparsely populated and vastly larger eastern part, Siberia, which is situated in Asia, encompassing the entire northern region of the continent. The two parts of Russia are divided by the ...