Oil, gas, brown coal, and oil products 2. In the Ukrainian Carpathian districts, there are scattered deposits of iron ore, cuprite, zinc, silver, and gold ores. The Ivano-Frankivsk region is approximately 140 kilometers from the western border and 180 kilometers from the southwestern border of Ukraine. Part of the planned new highway from Western Europe to the Far East will traverse the Ivano-Franivsk region. The Ivano-Frankivsk international airport connects the region with cities in Central and Eastern Europe.
Charter flights are available to numerous other parts of the world.
The region is well connected by the railway network. There are 68 urban and 325 rural telephone exchanges with 175,000 subscribers. New fiber optic lines and digital systems are being introduced, along with Internet and mobile communications. Most of those are private companies. Since 1992, the number of collective farming enterprises has increased from 159 to 654.