BF>> That doesn't make it legal. And the people in eastern and south BF>> Ukraine obviously does *not* support or even accept it. WD> So ... basically these are 2 countries. Easy enough ...
Yes - since 18th century there were Austrian (later Austro-Hungarian) and Russian empires; the border was lined on Zbruch river.
-- Alexey V. Vissarionov aka Gremlin from Kremlin gremlin.ru!gremlin; +vii-cmiii-ccxxix-lxxix-xlii