Romania–Ukraine border

See also: Maritime Delimitation in the Black Sea case

The Romania–Ukraine border is the state border between Romania and Ukraine. It consists of both a land and a maritime boundary. The total border length is 613.8 km (381.4 mi) including 292.2 km (181.6 mi) by rivers and 33 km (21 mi) by the Black Sea.^[1] It is part of the external border of the European Union (since Romania's accession to the EU in January 2007).

Romania–Ukraine border
Ukrainian border between Siret, Romania and Porubna, Ukraine on route E85
Characteristics
Entities	Romania Ukraine
Length	613.8 kilometers
History
Established	1918 1991 Creation of the Ukrainian People's Republic Declaration of Independence of Ukraine
Current shape	3 February 2009 Maritime Delimitation in the Black Sea case
Disestablished	18 March 1921 Ukrainian People's Republic disestablished (Peace of Riga)
Treaties	Paris Peace Treaties, 1947 Treaty of Good Neighborly Relations and Cooperation between Ukraine and Romania (1997) Maritime Delimitation in the Black Sea case (2009)

The maritime delimitation between the two countries, including the continental shelf and exclusive economic zone was adjudicated at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in 2009.

Location

Romanian and Ukrainian boundary markers

The land border consists of two parts: the northern part stretches across Carpathian Mountains region roughly west–east from the Hungary-Romania-Ukraine tripoint to the northern Moldova-Romania-Ukraine tripoint. It starts along the Tisza River (through Maramureș) and runs across the historical region of Bukovina in the Eastern Carpathians. The southern part stretches between Budjak and Dobruja regions roughly west–east from the southern Moldova-Romania-Ukraine tripoint to the maritime Romania-Ukraine boundary. It runs along the Danube River, its Chilia branch (most northern branch) of its delta to the Black Sea. Until Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina, Dniester (Nistru) river used to serve as international border between Ukraine (later the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic) and Romania.

History

Main articles: Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina and Maritime Delimitation in the Black Sea case

Border along the Danube

Maritime border

The border is mostly inherited from the Romania–Soviet Union border,^[1] with some border disputes, most notable being the Snake Island issue. On 4 July 2003 the President of Romania Ion Iliescu and the President of Russia Vladimir Putin signed a treaty about friendship and cooperation. Romania promised not to contest territories of Ukraine or Moldova, which it lost to Soviet Union after World War II, but requested that Russia as a successor of the Soviet Union recognized its responsibility in some form for what had happened.^[2]

Nonetheless, the very next year in 2004 Romania contested Ukrainian maritime territory around the Snake Island in the ICJ in what became known as the Maritime Delimitation in the Black Sea case. Romania was able to partially win the case.^{[citation needed]}

Border crossings and checkpoints

See also: Roads in Romania and Roads in Ukraine

Southern segment

Near the Black Sea, between the Odesa Oblast in Budjak area, and the Tulcea County, there are several ferry crossings across the Danube—

International:

• Isaccea – Orlivka E87

Local:

• Galați – Reni
• Plauru – Izmail
• Chilia Veche – Kiliya
• Periprava – Vylkove

Western segment

Near Hungary, there are several crossings between the Zakarpattia Oblast in Ukraine and Satu Mare County there is a crossing:

• Halmeu – Nevetlenfolu (international) E58 E81 M 26 railway

Between Zakarpattia Oblast and Maramureș County there are several crossings:

• Valea Viseului – Dilove (international) railway
• Câmpulung la Tisa – Teresva (international) railway
• Sighetu Marmației – Solotvyno (international) H 09 (weight restriction < 3.5 ton)

The mountainous region between the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast and Maramures has no crossings.

Between Chernivtsi Oblast and Suceava County there are several crossings:

• Siret – Terebleche (international) E85
• Vicovu de Sus – Krasnoilsk (international)
• Ulma – Seliatyn^[3] (a.k.a. Rusca, in Romanian)
• Izvoarele Sucevei – Șepit^[4]

Between Chernivtsi Oblast and Botosani County a crossing was opened in 2023:^[1][5]

• Racovăț – Diakivti

Local border traffic

In 2014, Romania and Ukraine signed a provisional agreement on local border traffic. It applies to the residents within the 30 km (19 mi) border area extendable to 50 km (31 mi) to accommodate larger administrative units extending beyond the 30 km zone, listed in Annex 1 to the Agreement.

The agreement was subject to the completion of the necessary internal formalities. The Romanian side completed them in March 2014.^[6] The Ukrainian side complete its arrangements in May 2015. The agreement covers 662 localities in Ukraine Transcarpathia (Zakarpattia Oblast: Ivano-Frankivsk, Odesa, Chernivtsi). It is applicable to about 2 million Ukrainian and Romanian residents.^[7]

See also

• State Border of Ukraine
• Category:Romania–Ukraine border crossings