Maps

 Below, a map of Western Europe; actually my Windows11 weather

map. It does show that, in terms of size, Ukraine is not a small country

for Europe but a respectable one.

                                                           

Belarusian combat helicopters enter Polish airspace (msn.com)

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Both European Russia and Ukraine claim descendance from Swedish roots.

SWEDEN (capital: Stockholm)

                                                                        

                                               

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Taiga and boreal forest are the same thing; tundra is an area of permafrost...

                                                               

source: Wikipedia

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Superb photo from Lyse: she's in Kluane, Yukon Territory.