European route E 40 (E 40) is a west–east
European route, running from the port of
Calais
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in
France to
Altai Mountains
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near
Ridder in
Kazakhstan.
In Ukraine, the highway runs through northern regions from the
Polish
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border near
Krakovets through
Lviv,
Zhytomyr
Zhytomyr ( uk, Жито́мир, translit=Zhytomyr ; russian: Жито́мир, Zhitomir ; pl, Żytomierz ; yi, זשיטאָמיר, Zhitomir; german: Schytomyr ) is a city in the north of the western half of Ukraine. It is the Capital city, a ...
,
Kyiv,
Poltava
Poltava (, ; uk, Полтава ) is a city located on the Vorskla River in central Ukraine. It is the capital city of the Poltava Oblast (province) and of the surrounding Poltava Raion (district) of the oblast. Poltava is administratively ...
,
Kharkiv, and
Luhansk to the
Russian border near
Izvaryne
Izvaryne ( uk, Ізварине, link=no; russian: Изварино, link=no, ''Izvarino'') is an urban-type settlement located on the E40 highway in Krasnodon Municipality in Dovzhansk Raion of Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. It is also an ...
.
Main route
Route follows , , , and . It passes nine regions:
Lviv Oblast,
Rivne Oblast,
Zhytomyr Oblast,
Kyiv Oblast,
Kyiv City,
Poltava Oblast,
Kharkiv Oblast,
Donetsk Oblast
The Donetsk Oblast ( ukr, Донецька область, Donetska oblast, ), also referred to as Donechchyna ( ukr, Донеччина, links=no), is an oblast of eastern Ukraine. It is Ukraine's most populous province, with around 4.1 mill ...
, and
Luhansk Oblast.
See also
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References
External links
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{{Roads in Ukraine
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Ukr