The CIA's World Factbook has a section on the flaky borders between Ukraine, Moldova, Russia, etc: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/up.html
The CIA's World Factbook has a section on the flaky borders between Ukraine, Moldova, Russia, etc: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/up.html
Transnistria is an interesting place - it is perhaps the only area where Ukraine has a choke hold on anything "Russian" - but it is also a possible causus belli if Ukraine actually does use it to apply any pressure - an excuse for Russia to mount a "real" invasion to secure a land bridge to it.1997 boundary delimitation treaty with Belarus remains unratified due to unresolved financial claims, stalling demarcation and reducing border security; delimitation of land boundary with Russia is complete with preparations for demarcation underway; the dispute over the boundary between Russia and Ukraine through the Kerch Strait and Sea of Azov is suspended due to the occupation of Crimea by Russia; Moldova and Ukraine operate joint customs posts to monitor transit of people and commodities through Moldova's break-away Transnistria Region, which remains under the auspices of an Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe-mandated peacekeeping mission comprised of Moldovan, Transnistrian, Russian, and Ukrainian troops; the ICJ ruled largely in favor of Romania in its dispute submitted in 2004 over Ukrainian-administered Zmiyinyy/Serpilor (Snake) Island and Black Sea maritime boundary delimitation; Romania opposes Ukraine's reopening of a navigation canal from the Danube border through Ukraine to the Black Sea
It doesn't mean the borders don't exist unless either country actively disagrees with them.
Ukraine's land border with Russia is not ill defined - it was set by the USSR and agreed by the Russian Federation.
"Ukraine was reckless to engage in internal disptes before its borders were ratified." - that's a stupid statement - Ukraine doesn't "engage" in internal disputes - people do,
You're trying to deflect the issue, and we deserve a better response than that. Whenever a legal national army (e.g. Ukrainian Army) acts, it is acting in the name of the nation. You can't say that the "American people" invaded Iraq but,when the Ukraine Army attacks Ukrainian rebels, you _CAN_ say that Ukraine is attacking its own people. On the other hand, in America, the US Army is constitutionally prohibited from attacking the American people. The Ukrainian people don't have such protection and with no borders or border controls, the result is endless chaos that will go on for decades.
it is you who is buying the fascist bully-boy propaganda from Moscow.
the fascist bully boy is Moscow - sure everyone has an agenda, it is in Moscow that dissenting voices are actively repressed by the government, it is in Moscow that the press is government controlled, it is in Moscow that the ultra-nationalism has taken hold (Crimea ad "holy land", Novo Rossiya", "the west is against us", etc), and it is in Moscow that 1 person holds sway over the state - all these are identifiers of a fascist regime that Kiev lacks.
Currently, several short stretches of rail lines linking Moscow to southern Russia cut through Ukrainian territory for several times in Russia's Voronezh and Rostov regions.
In the town of Chertkovo in Rostov region, eastern part of the railway station lays in Russia and the western part in Ukraine, serving both Russian and Ukrainian localities