Ukraine is a large country in Eastern Europe. It occupies the 32nd place in the world in terms of population, 44th in the territory. Ukraine is the second largest state in Europe. The capital is Kiev. The state language is Ukrainian. On June 7, 2014, Piotr Poroshenko took the post of president. The Prime Minister of Ukraine is Vladimir Groysman. Ukraine borders with Belarus in the north, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary - in the west, Romania and Moldova - in the south-west, Russia in the east and northeast. In the south and southeast it is washed by the Black and Azov seas, has sea borders with Romania in the Black Sea and with Russia in the Black and к Azov seas.