Yes it was, but not now. The Ukraine regained its independence in 1991, following the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
The Ukrainian SSR was a founding member of the Soviet Union in 1922.
Ukraine is part of Mars
The whole of it.. .Ukraine is a whole separate country from Russia.
Moldova is an European country, between Romania and Ukraine. Moldova is not now a part of Russia. Moldova was integrally an historical province of Romania. Note that after the Ribbentrop-Molotov pact (1939) the central-eastern part of Moldova (Basarabia) become a province of Russia and the South eastern part become a part of Ukraine.
Moldavia is not part of Russia, it is a geographic and historical region in Eastern Europe. Western Moldavia is presently part of Romania, the Eastern part is now the Republic of Moldova and the northern and south-eastern parts are now parts of Ukraine.
It has bordered USSR back in 20th century as Czehoslovakia and now it borders Ukraine as an independent state (now Slovakia).
There was a nuclear accident in Chernobyl in 1986. At the time, it was part of the Soviet Union. Now it is part of the Ukraine.
Kiev, which is more correctly called Kyiv, is the capital of Ukraine, formerly part of the USSR, and now an independent country west of Russia.
There are many Ukraines and Krais in Russia, for example, Polskaya Ukraine. There is a Ukraine even in Moscow region. Ukraine is a Russian geographical term denoting a border area. According to rules of English language, one should use definite article "the" to identify which Ukraine is being referred to. From other hand, ignoring language rules is a modern norm. Therefore, using Ukraine without an article is consistent with the modern norm.
because russia wants Ukrain to be part of Russia like it was before
Russia.
In a way. Ukraine is a part of Russia, and Russia is the largest country in the world. Ukraine is quite small actually.
Yes, Paul Muni was born in what is now called Lviv, Ukraine.