The Moldova–Ukraine border, the official

border Borders are generally defined as geography, geographical boundaries, imposed either by features such as oceans and terrain, or by polity, political entities such as governments, sovereign states, federated states, and other administrative divisio ...

between

Republic of Moldova Moldova, officially the Republic of Moldova, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, with an area of and population of 2.42 million. Moldova is bordered by Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east, and south. The unrecognised ...

and

Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...

, was established after the

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. The length of the inland border is , of which is fluvial (i.e., along rivers) and is land border. About of it constitutes the '' de facto'' border between Ukraine and the unrecognized breakaway republic of

Transnistria Transnistria, officially known as the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic and locally as Pridnestrovie, is a Landlocked country, landlocked Transnistria conflict#International recognition of Transnistria, breakaway state internationally recogn ...

. The border runs from the northern

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

-Moldova-Ukraine

tripoint A triple border, tripoint, trijunction, triple point, or tri-border area is a geography, geographical point at which the boundaries of three countries or Administrative division, subnational entities meet. There are 175 international tripoints ...

in the northwest of the country, , from the Ukrainian village and

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of Mamalyha, Ukraine to

Criva, Briceni Criva is a village in Briceni District, Moldova.Mohyliv-Podilskyi Mohyliv-Podilskyi (, ) is a city in Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Mohyliv-Podilskyi Raion within the oblast. It is located in the historic region of Podolia, on the border with Bessarabia, Moldova, along th ...

, where it turns southeast and enters the channel of the river of

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. By the village of

Nimereuca Nimereuca is a commune in Soroca District, Moldova. It is composed of two villages, Cerlina and Nimereuca. Nimereuca village Nimereuca (, , ) lies on the northeastern periphery of Moldova, close to its tripoint with Ukraine and the breakaway regi ...

the territory of Transnistria begins, which ends by

Purcari Purcari is a commune in the Ștefan Vodă District of Moldova. It is composed of two villages, Purcari and Viișoara.Basarabeasca District Basarabeasca () is a district () in the south of Moldova, with the administrative center at Basarabeasca. History From 1393 to 1538, the region was part of the principality of Moldavia. In the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries, the region was popul ...

it turns south and runs until the southern Romania-Moldova-Ukraine tripoint near

Galați Galați ( , , ; also known by other #Etymology and names, alternative names) is the capital city of Galați County in the historical region of Western Moldavia, in eastern Romania. Galați is a port town on the river Danube. and the sixth-larges ...

, Romania and

Reni, Ukraine Reni (, ; ) is a small city in Izmail Raion, Odesa Oblast, southern Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Reni urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Reni is located in the Bessarabian historic district of Budjak and on the left bank ...

, by

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. the border had 67 permanent official

s classified into three categories: international, for crossing by citizens of any state; interstate, for crossing only by citizens of Moldova and Ukraine; and local, for local border traffic. Of them, 25 crossings are along the territory held by the Transnistrian separatist regime and are not monitored by the Moldovan border guards. There is a unique disputed situation with the Moldovan village of

Palanca, Ștefan Vodă Palanca is a village in Ștefan Vodă District, Moldova, near the border with Ukraine. Situated at a longitude of 30°06' east, it is the country's List of countries by easternmost point, easternmost point and List of elevation extremes by country ...

. its territory abuts to

Odesa Oblast Odesa Oblast (), also referred to as Odeshchyna (Одещина), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) of southwestern Ukraine, located along the northern coast of the Black Sea. Its administrative centre is the city of Ode ...

of Ukraine in such a way that there is no way to travel to the southwestern part of Odesa Oblast from the rest of Ukraine by land without crossing Republic of Moldova. Mamalyha border crossing

List of border crossings with Moldova

Border Crossing Checkpoints (BCPs) are listed by the

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Stateless persons crossing into Ukraine

Per the Ukraine Government's site as of 21 Sep 2017 "Foreigners and stateless persons enter Ukraine only when they have a passport and a certain type of visa, which is required by a current legislation or an international agreement, if there are no other requirements. Copies of passports, visas and other documents confirmed by a notary give no right to cross the state border."

References

Borders of Moldova Borders of Ukraine 1991 establishments in Moldova 1991 establishments in Ukraine International borders Internal borders of the Soviet Union Geography of Transnistria Transnistria conflict

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Transnistria–Ukraine relations

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List of border crossings with Moldova

Stateless persons crossing into Ukraine

See also

References

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