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CMT asks: How far is Dnipro city from the nearest war zone with Russia?
Expert's answer:
As of April 2024, the closest front line to Dnipro is about 110 km south of the city.
D. Hill asks: Kyiv to Russian border?
Expert's answer:
The closest distance from the center of Kyiv to the border with Russia in a straight line is about 200 km in the northeast direction to Chernihiv.
Tery asks: What is the distance from Bakhmut to Kherson?
Expert's answer:
The distance between Bakhmut and Kherson in a straight line is about 458 km. By roads, the shortest route via Dnipro is about 586 km.
Sam asks: The distance to the Polish border from Dubno, Ukraine?
Expert's answer:
The distance from Dubno to the Polish border in a straight line is about 118 km, by roads - about 140 km.
Tom asks: How far is it from Bakhmut to the Russian border?
Expert's answer:
The closest Russian border (in a straight line) is located about 104 km to the southeast of Bakhmut.
Dorin Rotaru asks: How many kilometers from Rivne to the front line?
Expert's answer:
As of March 2023, Rivne is located far away from the front line. In a straight line, the nearest front line is at a distance of about 650 km to the southeast and runs along the Dnieper River.
Eduardo asks: What is the distance from Shostka to Russian border in miles?
Expert's answer:
The shortest distance from Shostka to the Russian border in a straight line is about 44 km (27 miles).
Alex asks: How much miles from Russian border to Vinnytsia Ukraine
Expert's answer:
Vinnytsia is located in the western part of central Ukraine, quite far from the border with Russia. In a straight line, the shortest distance to it is about 383 km (238 miles).
Miron asks: Sumy is how far (in miles) to the Belorusan border?
Expert's answer:
The shortest distance from the city of Sumy in a straight line to the border with Belarus is about 250 km (150 miles). The shortest distance to the Russian border is about 21 km (13 miles).
kik asks: How many km (kilometers) do you think it is from the eastern border to the western border of Ukraine? How long do you think it would take to travel that distance? (1 km = 0.6 miles)
Expert's answer:
In a straight line, the greatest distance from the western to the eastern border of Ukraine is about 1,200 km, along the highways - about 1,700 km. But it should be noted that you won't be able to go to part of eastern Ukraine, since this is a war zone. If you go by car, for example, from Uzhhorod to Kharkiv, then the shortest route is about 1,300 km, the travel time - about 18 hours.
Alex asks: Distance from Kyiv to the nearest Polish border?
Expert's answer:
The shortest distance from Kyiv to the Polish border, if you drive along the E373 highway, is about 500 km.
Gregory asks: In the country of Ukraine what are the distances between the regions of Donbas and Dnipro in miles?
Expert's answer:
As of June 22, 2022, the distances from the city of Dnipro to the frontline in Donbas are in the range of about 120-150 miles (200-250 km). If your question is about the distance to the border of Donetsk Oblast, then it is about 75-85 miles (120-130 km).
Ric asks: How far from Kyiv, Ukraine to Belarus border?
Expert's answer:
The distance from Kyiv to the border with Belarus in a straight line is about 100 km.
Bill asks: How far is Moscow from closest Ukrainian border?
Expert's answer:
The straight-line distance from the center of Moscow to the Russian-Ukrainian border is about 450 km.
Jon Williams asks: How many miles is it from Kyiv to Dnipro?
Expert's answer:
The distance from Kyiv to Dnipro is about 310 miles or 500 km.
leo asks: How many kilometers from Rodatychi to Polish border?
Expert's answer:
The Polish border is located about 43 km west of Rodatychi.
Ronnie asks: Sumy is how far (in miles) to the Russian border?
Expert's answer:
The distance from Sumy to the Russian border is about 30 miles (48 km).
Stephen asks: Distance between Kyiv and Odesa?
Expert's answer:
The city of Odesa is located about 477 km south of Kyiv if you go by car along the E95 highway.
Naresh asks: What is the distance between Berdyansk and the Russian border?
Expert's answer:
The Ukrainian-Russian border is located about 150 km east of Berdyansk.
June asks: How far away is Kyiv from the unrest in Eastern Ukraine?
Expert's answer:
The border of the conflict zone is located about 700 km southeast of Kyiv.
dfred asks: What is the distance between Kiev and Belarus border?
Expert's answer:
The distance between Kyiv and the state border of Ukraine with Belarus is about 150 km.
Octavio Paredes asks: What is the distance between Luhansk and the Russian border? And what is the distance between Luhansk and Moscow?
Expert's answer:
The distance from Luhansk to the Russian border is about 60 km, the distance between Luhansk and Moscow is about 990 km.
David asks: How far is it from east Ukraine border to Kharkiv?
Expert's answer:
If you mean the distance from Kharkiv to the conflict zone in eastern Ukraine (parts of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions), it is about 260 km. The distance to the Russian border is about 35 km.
Hanns asks: The distance between Zaporizhia and Lugansk?
Expert's answer:
The road distance between Zaporizhia and Lugansk is about 400 km.
John asks: What is the distance from Kharkov to the Russian border?
Expert's answer:
The distance from Kharkov to the Russian border is about 40 km.
Marta asks: How many km is Mariupol from the border with Russia?
Expert's answer:
The distance from Mariupol to the border with Russia is about 60 km.
Louie asks: How far is Kherson from Kharkov?
Expert's answer:
The distance from Kherson to Kharkov is about 544 km.
Ben asks: What is the distance, in miles, from Kiev, Ukraine to the border of Russia?
Expert's answer:
The distance from Kiev to the border with Russia is about 380 km or 236 miles.
Raymond asks: How far from Krasnodon to Kharkiv?
Expert's answer:
The distance from Kharkiv to Krasnodon is about 383 km.
Andrew asks: What is the driving distance between Luhansk and Donetsk?
Expert's answer:
The driving distance between Lugansk and Donetsk is about 150 km.
Andrew asks: What is the driving distance between Donetsk and Mariupol?
Expert's answer:
The driving distance between Donetsk and Mariupol is about 113 km.
sam asks: How long would it take to travel from Kiev to Kharkov?
Expert's answer:
It takes about 7-8 hours to go from Kiev to Kharkov by train or bus, 1-1.5 hours - by plane.
dia asks: What is the distance between Simferopol and Lviv when using train?
Expert's answer:
The distance between Lviv and Simferopol if you go by train is about 1440 km.
tom asks: How far is Kiev from the current fighting along the border?
Expert's answer:
Kiev is located pretty far away from the war zone. The distance from Kiev to Donetsk is about 690 km, from Kiev to Lugansk - 800 km.
Simon asks: Distance between Kiev and Lviv?
Expert's answer:
The distance between Kyiv and Lviv is 543 km.
john asks: How far is Kiev airport to Donetsk airport?
Expert's answer:
Boryspil international airport (the main international airport of Ukraine located near Kyiv) is located far away from Donetsk (about 670 km).
Greg Webb asks: How many miles is it from Donetsk Ukraine to the Russian border?
Expert's answer:
The distance between Donetsk and the Russian border is about 100 km (62 miles).
Larry asks: What is the distance from Russian border to Sumy, Ukraine
Expert's answer:
Distance from Sumy to Russian border is about 48 km.
Andrew asks: What is the driving distance from Kiev to Moscow?
Expert's answer:
The driving distance from Kiev to Moscow is about 860 km.
Justin asks: How far is Kuznetsovsk from closest medium city?
Expert's answer:
The road distance between Kyznetsovsk and Rivne (capital city of the region) is 153 km.
eileen asks: How far is Kostinatyunikva, Zaporizka from Melitopol?
Expert's answer:
The distance between Konstantinovka and Melitopol is about 376 km, between Zaporozhye and Melitopol - 127 km.
tando asks: What is the distance driving east from Donetsk to the Russian border please?
Expert's answer:
The distance from Donetsk to the Russian border is about 200 km. Here is the map of Donetsk-Krasnodon route. Krasnodon is located just near the border.
preci asks: Distance in hours between Lviv and Simferopol when travelling by train?
Expert's answer:
According to the schedules of the trains I have found, it takes about 25 hours to travel by train from Lviv to Simferopol.
Tom asks: What is distance between Lutsk and Lviv?
Expert's answer:
The distance between Lutsk and Lviv by highway is 151 km.
Queenneth asks: What's the distance from Borispol airport to European university at Academician St in Kiev (in hours please). And how much is a taxi fare.
Expert's answer:
The distance from Borispol airport to Kiev is about 37 km. You can contact the officials of the European University to get more details. It takes about 30 minutes to go from the airport to Kiev by bus.
mad asks: What is the distance between Lviv and Donetsk by train?
Expert's answer:
The distance between Lviv and Donetsk by train is 1357 km.
Joe asks: What is the distance between Gorlovka and Nikolaev and how long does it take by train or bus?
Expert's answer:
The distance between Nikolaev and Gorlovka is about 600 km. The trip takes about 8-10 hours.
Jeff asks: What is the distance between Nikolaev and Odessa?
Expert's answer:
The distance between Nikolaev and Odessa is 134 km.
David E asks: What is the distance between Kiev and Krivoy Rog? Is there an international airport in Krivoy Rog?
Expert's answer:
The distance between Kiev and Krivoy Rog is 417 km. There is no large international airport near the city, you should fly to Borispol international airport located near Kiev. The schedule of the trains running from Kiev to Krivoy Rog. This service to translate from Russian.
Ray asks: Distance between Nikolaev and Melitopol?
Expert's answer:
The distance between Nikolaev and Melitopol is 298 km.
Rolf Zeijdel asks: Distance between Mariupol Ukraine and Istanbul Turkey?
Expert's answer:
The distance between Mariupol and Istanbul is about 1530 km. The following map may be useful.
alex asks: How far is from Kharkov to Nikolaev?
Expert's answer:
The distance from Kharkov to Nikolaev is about 540 km.
stuart asks: How far is Kiev Borispol airport from Donetsk and what is the cheapest way of getting there?
Expert's answer:
The distance between Borispol and Donetsk is about 690 km. Here is the schedule of the trains/planes from Kiev to Donetsk. The following service to translate from Russian. The price of the train ticket is about 20 USD.
James Mathis asks: How far in miles is Sevastopol from Khmelnitski?
Expert's answer:
The distance between Sevastopol and Khmelnitski is about 600 miles or 960 km.
ray asks: How far is Mykolaiv from England?
Expert's answer:
The distance to London is about 2,800 km or 1,700 miles.
william asks: How far is it from Cherkassy to Dnepropetrovsk?
Expert's answer:
The distance between Dnepropetrovsk and Cherkassy is about 324 km.
posam asks: What is the distance between Kharkov and Lviv. Also can I go by train from Ukraine to London. Thanks
Expert's answer:
The distance between Kharkov and Lviv is about 1020 km. The following article about traveling from London to Kiev by train may be useful.
andre asks: What is the distance between Sumy and Simferopol by road?
Expert's answer:
The distance between Sumy and Simferopol is about 818 km. Here is the map of this trip. The following service can be used to translate from Russian.
Moshe Levy asks: Travel time by road from Kiev to Uman?
Expert's answer:
The distance between Kiev and Uman is about 214 km.
john asks: The distance between Lviv and Donetsk?
Expert's answer:
The distance between Lviv and Donetsk is about 1220 km.
Lan asks: What is the distance between Krivoy Rog and Kirovograd?
Expert's answer:
The distance is about 140 km.
Amy asks: How far is Drohobych from Mukachevo?
Expert's answer:
The distance is about 180 km.
Adam asks: Distance between Lutsk airport to Brody?
Expert's answer:
The distance from Lutsk to Brody is about 119 km.
Visitor asks: Distance from Donetsk to Alchevsk?
Expert's answer:
The distance from Donetsk to Alchevsk is about 115 km.
Malcolm asks: How far is it from Kiev to Krasnodon?
Expert's answer:
The distance from Kiev to Krasnodon is about 860 km.
Anthony asks: What is the distance from Alchevsk to Kiev?
Expert's answer:
The distance from Kiev to Alchevsk by roads is about 800 km.
Linn asks: How far is it from Cherkassy to Kiev?
Expert's answer:
The distance from Cherkassy to Kiev is about 190 km.
Ahmed asks: What is the distance between Kharkiv and Berdyansk and better way to travel by what?
Expert's answer:
The distance between Kharkiv and Berdyansk cities by railway is about 551 km. The best way I suppose is to go by train. Here is the schedule info of a couple of them that may be useful (train#1, train#2). The info is on Russian but you can have the translation by using the following service.
Edydear asks: What is the distance between Kiev airport and Lugansk State Medical School?
Expert's answer:
The distance is about 810 km.
Paul asks: How far between Simferopol and Konstantinovka?
Expert's answer:
The distance between Simferopol and Konstantinovka cities is about 600 km.
Niso asks: How far is Nikolaev from Odessa?
Expert's answer:
The distance between Nikolaev and Odessa cities is 120 km.
Fabio asks: Driving distance between Zaporozhye and Simferopol. Also the driving time.
Expert's answer:
The distance is about 365 km and the time varies (the train goes for about 5 hours), by car I think it is about 3-4 hours.
Joseph asks: How far the cities Ilovaisk, and Horlovka and Konstantinovka from the center of Donetsk city, and is there any map can show the distances in Donetsk region?
Expert's answer:
The distance between Donetsk and Horlovka is 53 km by railway, 47 km by highway. The distance between Donetsk and Konstantinovka is 65 km by railway, 72 km by highway. I could not understand what city of the region you are meaning when mentioning «Ilovaisk». I have found a list of the distances between Donetsk city and other towns of the region but it is on Russian only.
Mary Ann asks: What is the driving distance from Kiev to Lvov and then on to Ternopol?
Expert's answer:
Ternopol city is located just on the way from Kiev to Lvov city (you can see it at our map). The distances are: Kiev-Ternopol 430 km; Ternopol-Lvov 130 km. So the total distance from Kiev to Lvov is about 560 km. The costs of Kiev taxi services are about 2-3 hryvnas per km. So for both ways journey you will pay about 2400-3600 hryvnas (300-450 USD).
des asks: How far is it from Kiev to Kharkiv by road and how much would it cost by taxi?
Expert's answer:
The distance between Kiev and Kharkiv by road is about 480 km. The average cost of Kiev city taxi services is about 3 hryvnas per 1 km outside the city limits. So the total cost will be about 1,500 hryvnas (190 USD).
Loretta asks: What is the distance between Lvov and Kiev?
Expert's answer:
The distance between Lvov and Kiev cities is about 550 km by highways.
Karen asks: What is the distance between Kiev and Korosten? And what it the best cheapest way to travel between the two cities other than a car?
Expert's answer:
The distance between Kiev and Korosten cities is about 170 km. The cheapest way is to go by bus (runs every hour from 12:50 to 20:50 local time) or by various trains going through Kiev to Korosten and further. It will take you about 2 hours for both of the ways.
Obie asks: What is the traveling distance in hours from Crimea to Ternopil?
Expert's answer:
It will take you about 18-20 hours to travel from Sevastopol to Ternopil by buses (from Sevastopol to Kirovograd about 8 hours and from Kirovograd to Ternopil about 10 hours).
les asks: What is the distance from Kiev to Sumy?
Expert's answer:
The distance is about 340 km by highway «H-07».
Bulent asks: Distance between Sevastopol and Simferopol?
Expert's answer:
The distance between Sevastopol and Simferopol cities is about 67 km by highway «H-06».
eke asks: What is the distance from Ukraine to Nigeria by air?
Expert's answer:
The distance between Ukraine and Nigeria by air is about 5,000 km.
Gary asks: What is the distance from Lvov to Ternopol?
Expert's answer:
The highway «H-02» connects Lvov and Ternopol cities. The distance is about 112 km.
pouria asks: How far is it between Kiev and Kharkov?
Expert's answer:
The distance between Kiev and Kharkov cities is about 500 km by highway.
Paul asks: How far is it from Kherson to Melitopiol? How far is it from Odessa to Kherson? Can you do both journeys easily by train?
Expert's answer:
The distance from Kherson to Melitopol is about 230 km (by highway), Odessa to Kherson - about 210 km. There are several trains for both directions going not very often. I have found that it will be easier to travel by buses (plenty of various runs) because the distances are not great.
roger asks: can you tell me the distance from zaporozhye airport to city centre?
Expert's answer:
The distance from Zaporizhzia International Airport to Zaporizhzia city center is about 25 km.
John N asks: How far is it from Donetsk airport to Donetsk City Center and Gorlovka City Center?
Expert's answer:
Donetsk airport is situated about 15 km from Donetsk city center and 55 km from Gorlovka city center.
Bert asks: What main city is Krivoy Rog close to?
Expert's answer:
Krivoy Rog is located about 146 km (by highway) from Dnepropetrovsk city (Dnepropetrovsk oblast capital) and 440 km from Kiev city (Ukraine capital).

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