Ukraine



Ukraine is a country situated in the central part of Eastern Europe. It shares its border with Belarus,  Poland,  Slovakia,  Hungary,  Romania,  Moldova and  Russia. It has access to the Black Sea and the Azov Sea. They are a popular character in the fandom and are well-known for being the sibling of Russia.

Ukraine is one of the founders of the CIS. At the moment, they are not included in this organization as a member, but the fact remains, they participated in the creation of this union.

Appearance
Ukraine is usually seen wearing a hoodie of some sort, often with their flag colours, blue and yellow. White is also a common hoodie colour. Other tops can be sweaters or just any loose clothing in general. The Ukrainian wreath is also a very common accessory, with many different flowers and designs, popular ones being yellow flowers or poppies. Male and female versions are very common, so there’s not really a gender that is “generally accepted”. Female interpretations wearing traditional clothing is also seen. Generally fans portray the UPA (Ukrainian Insurgent Army) As a second personality of Ukraine or a brother. He is depicted as the "madman" of Ukraine. His flag is represented by red and black and usually wearing a military outfit

Personality
Ukraine can be very nice and caring, but also be bitter, snarky, and very stubborn and/or determined. They can also be very nationalistic and proud, and will always try to do what they feel what’s best for them and their people. It can be very easy to rile them up. They try to be positive, but can sometimes that can be hard.

Interests

 * Nature (Emphasis on flowers)
 * Christian Orthodoxy
 * Football (Soccer)
 * Boxing
 * Basketball
 * Cooking
 * Mushrooms
 * Music (Ukrainian Folk, Classical, Modern Rock Especially)

Coat of arms of Ukraine
The state coat of arms of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Державний Герб України / Derzhavnyi Herb Ukraiyny), officially referred to as the Sign of the Princely State of Volodymyr the Great (Constitution of Ukraine, Article 20) or commonly the Tryzub (Ukrainian: Тризуб, "trident"), is the national coat of arms of Ukraine, featuring the same colors found on the Ukrainian flag; a blue shield with a gold trident. It appears on the Presidential Standard of Ukraine. Blue-coloured tridents are considered to be an irregular representation by the Ukrainian Heraldry Society. The small coat of arms was officially adopted on 19 February 1992, which is not yet officially adopted.

Nicknames

 * Uki
 * raine/rain
 * Flower
 * The Cradle of Slavic Civilisation
 * The Breadbasket of Europe

Etymology
The mainstream view interprets the name Ukraina from Russian in the sense borderland, frontier region, marches etc. These meanings can be derived from the Proto-Slavic noun *krajь, meaning edge, border.

While some Ukrainian scholars, beginning in the 1930s, have interpreted the term Ukraina in the sense of region, principality, country.

Organizations and Affiliations

 * European Union (EU)
 * United Nations (UN)

Pre-history
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Brazil
Brazil and Ukraine are strategic partners and cooperate in trade, space technology, education, energy, healthcare, and defense. Brazil recognized Ukraine's independence on December 26, 1991, and bilateral relations were established on February 11, 1992. The recent development of a joint space industry has strengthened the bilateral ties between the two countries. Ukraine considers Brazil its key trade partner in Latin America and has been a vocal supporter of the Brazilian bid for a permanent seat at the United Nations Security Council.

Singapore

 * Singapore recognized Ukraine's independence on January 2, 1992.
 * Singapore is represented in Ukraine through its embassy in Moscow (Russia).
 * Since December 2002, Ukraine has an embassy and an honorary consulate in Singapore.
 * In 2007, the two countries commenced negotiations for a free trade agreement. In 2006, Ukraine was Singapore's 55th largest trading partner last year, with total trade amounting to S$774 million
 * In 2007, the two countries signed a double taxation agreement.

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Geography
At 603,628 square kilometres (233,062 sq mi) and with a coastline of 2,782 kilometres (1,729 mi), Ukraine is the world's 46th-largest country (after South Sudan and before Madagascar). It is the largest wholly European country and the second-largest country in Europe (after the European part of Russia, before metropolitan France).

The landscape of Ukraine consists mostly of fertile plains (or steppes) and plateaus, crossed by rivers such as the Dnieper (Dnipro), Seversky Donets, Dniester and the Southern Bug as they flow south into the Black Sea and the smaller Sea of Azov. To the southwest, the delta of the Danube forms the border with Romania.

Shares land borders with

 * Russia
 * Belarus
 * Moldova
 * Poland
 * Slovakia
 * Hungary
 * Romania

On land, the Ukrainian border with the following countries stretches for 5,637.98 km (3,503.28 mi).

Family

 * Kyvian Rus — Biological Parent
 * Russia — Adoptive sibling
 * Belarus — Adoptive sibling
 * Bulgaria — Adoptive sibling
 * Kazakhstan — Adoptive sibling
 * Bosnia and Herzegovina — cousin
 * Croatia — cousin
 * Czech Republic — cousin
 * Montenegro — cousin
 * North Macedonia — cousin
 * Poland — cousin
 * Serbia — cousin
 * Slovakia — cousin
 * Slovenia — cousin
 * Donetsk — Child
 * Luhansk — Child

Friends

 * Sweden — "Theyŕe a good economic partner, we always provide great support and assistance to each other, hope we'll continue in this way. Thanks for hosting Eurovision 2016! They also recognize Crimea as part of my lands!"
 * Spain — "They're a fairly good friend and partner, our relations are good especially after we concluded a Twinning Agreement that has linked Odessa with Valencia since 1964."
 * Singapore — "We have good relations, as we have several agreements, we have mutual benefits, so I generally don't have any problems with them."
 * Canada —  “They're the first to recognize me. It's nice of them to help train my troops and supply me with financial and military aid when I need that. Without them, I wouldn't have survived a day against Russia!"
 * Azerbaijan — "They're a member of GUAM, they always understand me and support me, as they have a peacekeeping force in my area."
 *  Estonia,  Latvia, and  Lithuania — "They're great comrades, also they have peacekeeping forces in my area, as we have a strong and great relationship."
 * Croatia   — "One of my best friends who managed to earn 2nd place in FIFA world cup! They impressed me! I feel shocked seeing them being destroyed by France!"
 *  European Union — "They're a good partner, I applied to get the membership, I would love to replace my Hryvnia with their Euro."
 *  Finland — "They're a good friend who recognizes me and understands me, they also have a peacekeeping force in my area, they did a good job-fighting in the Winter War."
 * Georgia  — "Member of GUAM as well, they're also one of my best relations! We always help each other economically, as we both hate Russia for occupying our territories!"
 *  Germany — "They're a great friend, as they're my important economic and military partner."
 *  NATO — "They're a great military ally, thanks for his peacekeeping force, the insurgents won't gain a single foot in my territory, I really appreciate that."
 *  Pakistan — "They're a good friend of mine, we have mutual benefits as I give them my T-84s, in return, they give me economic aid."
 *  United States of America — "A powerful friend who understands me, as he has a great military presence in my area, he gives me weapons and military support! I feel thankful for his training of my soldiers."
 * Liberia and Palau — "They're USA children that support me on Crimea Crisis! They both hate Russia so I guess we're fine."
 * Somalia — "Another African friend that supports me on Crimea Crisis, although I have only one problem with them, it's what happened on May 2, 2009, when they captured a Greek ship with a Ukrainian crew, we're fine, as they're probably my best African friend because he is very loyal to me on Crimea Crisis unlike those traitors: Burundi, Eritrea, South Sudan', Sudan, Zimbabwe'."
 * Bulgaria — "Many of their people migrate to me, I don't mind that. We would have been friends! He is also very sweet and kind, unlike Russia !"
 * Serbia — "They're a close friend of Russia, but they're my friend! I support them in the Kosovo crisis and Russia does the same, but for some reason, they doesn't support their actions, perhaps because they knows that what Russia's doing is a mistake."
 *  Argentina, Botswana,  DR of the Congo, UAE, and  Uruguay — "Finally, more friends! I'm tired of having lots of enemies"
 *  Kazakhstan — "A friend of Russia and my sibling, but that didn't stop us from having good relations!"

Neutral

 * France — "I don't know how to describe our relations, they're almost good as they has confirmed there solidarity with me and my people in our confrontation with the repercussions of the Donbas case, but why are they destroying Croatia? They're my best friend!"
 * Japan — "They support me continuously and doesn't hesitate to criticize Russia and impose sanctions on them, well, they're not really effective since they wants to maintain his relations with them. We're not really friends but we may become so one day."
 * Moldova — "We're good trading partners that give each other economic privileges, instead of giving their areas which will harm my reputation, they're welcome to the black sea for cooperation, also they; re member of GUAM and has peacekeeping soldiers in my area !. I wish they weren't a friend of Russia..."
 * Romania — "We both hate Russia, they have peacekeeping soldiers in my areas !, They also recognizes Crimea as being part of me, we're not really friends but we can become so one day..."
 * Italy — "Although they have a nearly good relationship with Russia and their relationship has begun to become worse with the EU, they at least supports me in the Crimea crisis."
 *  Poland — "I'll protect them from Russia if he wants to intervene over the Huawei crisis! I hope for them to stop complaining about what happened in Wołyń, Lwów, Stanisławów, and Tarnopol, that was in the past and I really feel sorry about that! But I really didn't mean to hurt them! That was Rus sia' s fault!"
 * Hungary — "I'm really sorry for mistreating your people in my land, it's because of Russia who abused me for a long time! And please stop your constant threats! Why are you doing all this to me?!" 
 * Brazil — "Well, they have kind-of good relations with me, I hope we can make it better, they doesn't recognize Crimea as part of Russia, oh and both of us don't recognize Kosovo."
 * Afghanistan — "I understand your wild past during the 1970s till now. Let's be friends please."
 * Saudi Arabia — "They doesn't recognize Crimea as part of me, and why does he hate Canada?! At least we share a hate toward Iran."
 * Iraq — "They support most of my enemies so we're not good friends."
 * Belarus — "My sibling... they wondered why I betrayed them, but I didn't... I only betrayed Russia because they stole my sweet child Crimea from me, I'm kind of fine with them, but why are they supporting Russia?! I hope they would stop it or at least abstain instead so that we can become better friends."
 *  Turkey — "An honorable friend, as we have great relations with me, thanks for our bilateral agreements."
 * Bolivia —  "They're still recognizing Crimea as an of part Russia, but since 2019 he started hating Russia."
 * Algeria —   They would have been a wonderful and honorable friend of mine if she wasn't being friendly to Russia and Tunisia."''
 * Malaysia — "Meh... not a good friend but I'm fine with them, although the similarity between my flag and the flag of Perlis made some problems, I think it's over."
 * Kosovo —  "I don't recognize this child, but both of us can't stand Russia!"
 * Tunisia — "They're friends with Russia... but not awful, I guess..."

Enemies

 * Russia —   They abused me and took my beloved child, Crimea from me even though they promised that they would never do such a thing, they also supports my rebel children Donetsk and Luhansk, and hurts my friends! I hate them more than anything!"''
 * Crimea — "My own child think they're Russian when you're not! You are rightfully mine!"
 * Third Reich
 * USSR
 * Burundi
 * Cambodia
 * Eritrea
 * Tajikistan
 * South Sudan
 * Myanmar
 * Iran
 * Laos
 * Uzbekistan
 * Armenia - "Russian Puppet, and stop bullying my friend Azerbaijan!"
 * Venezuela
 * Nicaragua
 * Cuba
 * Syria
 * Sudan
 * North Korea
 * Zimbabwe
 * India
 * China
 * South Africa
 * Kyrgyzstan
 * Uganda
 * Mexico
 * North Macedonia

Past Versions

 * Hunnic empire
 * Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia
 * Golden Horde
 * Grand Duchy of Lithuania
 * Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
 * Russian Empire
 * Ukrainian People's Republic
 * Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic

Russia
Many people in the fandom depict Ukraine and Russia to be very close siblings, with Ukraine joking about Russia's significant other, usually the United States and overall being younger sibling to a Anime protagonist, making them kiss and try to make them get together. With Russia being loving and careful big brother who can go a little too far when someone dares to touch Ukraine.

In reality, Russia and Ukraine despise each other. Russia is very possessive doesn't hesitate to fight them so they can isolate them from the other countries with Ukraine trying to escape his grasps and lean closer to the West and bullies Ukraine relentlessly.

Especially in case of the Crimean Crisis. In Ukraine's eyes, Russia illegitimately took Crimea in a rigged election in 2015 and is also occupying them. After Russia SFSR gave Ukrainian SSR the region to commemorate 300 year anniversary of the Treaty of Pereyaslav in 1654, where the Zoporozhian Cossacks pledged allegiance to the Tsar and made them closer. After the fall of the U.S.S.R, Crimea wanted to be its own country, obviously making the new country unhappy. Due to Russia being the successor state of the U.S.S.R, they received the Warships of the Soviet Union, meaning they had the Black Sea fleet, which was in Sevastopol, Ukraine. The two agreed to let Russia's ships on the peninsula for oil. Crimea was always in high demand since ancient times, having access to the Anatolian Peninsula, the Balkans, the Caucasus region, Eastern Europe, and the Mediterranean sea and with NATO expanding, Ukraine really wanted to join all of the Western Europe leaning clubs, but in 2013, the government of Ukraine decided to suspend the signing of the association agreement with the European union which sparked the Euro Maiden 2013-2014 protests, which caused the overthrow of the government. In Russia's eyes the protests were an illegal coup, to remove their leverage in Ukraine. Ukraine doesn't know what to do, including Crimea. Pro-Russian and Pro-Western Europe protests escalated into violence and Russia took this chance to march unmarked troops into the peninsula holding a referendum in if they want to join Russia again. The region overwhelmingly voted too, supposedly. And with this, Russia was kicked out of G8 and was slammed withsanctions. Also on February 24, 2022, Russia claimed Ukraine was part of Russian territory and invaded Ukraine. Ukraine severed diplomatic ties with Russia.

Canada
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Georgia
Georgia has always had close relations with Ukraine and if the U.S.S.R. is depicted as both of their fathers, they're quite close siblings. Depending on your head-canon, the ship Georgia × Ukraine is also gaining in popularity (with Ariyamidai giving it popularity), it seems related to the fact that both of them feel the pain of the other in addition to their continued support for each other, whether this is political or economic so that their people express their union and solidarity in light of the crisis they face, both of whom bear grudge and hatred towards Russia for occupying their territories (Russia occupied Crimea, parts of Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts who are Ukrainian regions and he also occupied Abkhazia and South Ossetia who are Georgian regions),

Malaysia
Among to first recognize Ukraine, Ukraine impressed with the Malaysia Islamic affair. Malaysia claims that Crimea supposes to be with Ukraine. The crash of MH17 is the only time their relationship deteriorating as there was a battle between Ukraine army and rebel, as both sides to be blamed which is Ukraine and Russia (since AA missile used by rebel were provided by Russia) but became too positive afterward.