how big is ukraine

Ukraine covers an area of approximately 603,549 square kilometers (233,030 square miles). It is the second-largest country in Europe after Russia. Ukraine is slightly smaller than the U.S. state of Texas and is about twice the size of Italy and two and a half times the size of the United Kingdom. It occupies about 5.7% of the European territory and 0.44% of the world's land area. The country stretches about 893 kilometers from north to south and 1316 kilometers from west to east. Its landscape consists mainly of fertile steppes, plateaus, and some mountainous regions like the Carpathians in the west and the Crimean Mountains in the south.