The Slovakia–Ukraine border is an internationally established boundary between

Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the ...

and

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inva ...

. Both countries inherited it from their previous respective state organizations, Ukraine from the

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and Slovakia from

Czechoslovakia , rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי, , common_name = Czechoslovakia , life_span = 1918–19391945–1992 , p1 = Austria-Hungary , image_p1 ...

. The current border was established after

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

and stretches for . After the admission of Slovakia to the European Union, the border became the

external border of the European Union The border of the European Union consists of the land and sea borders that member states of the EU share with foreign states adjacent to the union. Border status and cooperation In 2004 the European Union developed the European Neighbourhood Pol ...

. Ukraine's Uzhhorod Airport is located just a few hundred metres from the border.

Border checkpoints

Border checkpoints are the following: ;Road ;Rail ;Others In 2008 the border was crossed by some 2.8 million people and over 1.5 million transportation objects.Transborder Cooperation within the Frame of the Carpathian Euroregion
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Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic: Border crossing points

КОРДОНІ З СЛОВАЦЬКОЮ РЕСПУБЛІКОЮ ПУНКТИ ПРОПУСКУ ЧЕРЕЗ ДЕРЖАВНИЙ КОРДОН УКРАЇНИ
{{DEFAULTSORT:Slovakia-Ukraine border European Union external borders Borders of Slovakia Borders of Ukraine International borders

Border checkpoints

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