The Slovakia–Ukraine border is an internationally established boundary between
Slovakia
Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, 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 west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's m ...
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 ...
. Both countries inherited it from their previous respective state organizations, Ukraine from the
Soviet Union
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and Slovakia from
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia ( ; Czech language, Czech and , ''Česko-Slovensko'') was a landlocked country in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary. In 1938, after the Munich Agreement, the Sudetenland beca ...
.
The current border was established after
World War II
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and stretches for . After the
admission of Slovakia to the European Union, the border became part of the
external border of the European Union. Ukraine's
Uzhhorod Airport is located at 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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See also
* State Border of Ukraine
* Slovakia–Ukraine relations
References
External links
Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic: Border crossing points
КОРДОНІ З СЛОВАЦЬКОЮ РЕСПУБЛІКОЮ ПУНКТИ ПРОПУСКУ ЧЕРЕЗ ДЕРЖАВНИЙ КОРДОН УКРАЇНИ
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European Union external borders
Borders of Slovakia
Borders of Ukraine
International borders