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Russian-Ukrainian border (The Russian-Ukrainian border is the state border between Russia and Ukraine, which formally exists since Ukraine's independence from the Soviet Union, on August 24, 1991. A Ukrainian customs service officer checking a car at the Hoptivka car border crossing, April 2008 The border has inherited its location from the border between the USSR and the RSFSR. The border Has a length of 2,295.04 kilometres (1,426.07 mi) of which 1,974.04 kilometres (1,226.61 mi) is land border and 321 kilometres (199 mi) is seea border. and extends from a point in the Black Sea 22.5 kilometres (14.0 mi) south of the Kerch Strait, where the first contact the territorial waters of both states, is to the north of this strait, passing it is on the Sea of Azov to the point on the coast which goes to the land border and so on to the triple point with Belarus to the north. WAD Alexander Demidov) |
