Droughts are not infrequent in southern areas. As of April 1997 Ukraine covers one time zone. The official state language is Ukrainian, an Eastern Slavonic language written in Cyrillic script. Russian, Romanian, Polish and Hungarian are also spoken. The majority of Ukrainians is bilingual for Russian which is used widely too.
Few people know foreign languages, most popular is English.
The metric system is used. The standard electric voltage in Ukraine is 220 volts. Make sure to take a plug adapter as well as a converter, if you bring electric appliances. Yet convertible, Hryvna is extremely unstable currency. USD and DM are most popular in exchange booths.