page_title: Moldova–Ukraine border
hierarchical_section_title: Moldova–Ukraine border
caption_attribution_description: Українська: Пункт пропуску «Мамалига» на державному кордоні України та Молдови English: Mamalyha border crossing on the Ukraine-Moldova border
context_page_description: The modern Moldova–Ukraine border, the official border between Republic of Moldova and Ukraine, was established after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The length of the inland border is 1,222 kilometres, of which 267 kilometres, is fluvial and 955 kilometres, is land border. About 454 kilometres, of it constitutes the de facto border between Ukraine and the unrecognized breakaway republic of Transnistria.
  The border runs from the northern Romania-Moldova-Ukraine tripoint in the northwest of the country, 4 kilometres, from the Ukrainian village and border crossing of Mamalyha, Ukraine to Criva, Briceni, Moldova. It runs east until the city and border crossing of Mohyliv-Podilskyi, where it turns southeast and enters the channel of the river of Dniester. By the village of Nimereuca the territory of Transnistria begins, which ends by Purcari. Several kilometers further it turns west. By Basarabeasca District it turns south and runs until the southern Romania-Moldova-Ukraine tripoint near Galați, Romania and Reni, Ukraine, by Danube.
context_section_description: The modern Moldova–Ukraine border, the official border between Republic of Moldova and Ukraine, was established after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The length of the inland border is 1,222 kilometres (759 mi), of which  267 kilometres (166 mi), is fluvial (i.e., along rivers) and  955 kilometres (593 mi), is land border. About  454 kilometres (282 mi), of it constitutes the de facto border between Ukraine and the unrecognized breakaway republic of Transnistria.
  The border runs from the northern Romania-Moldova-Ukraine tripoint in the northwest of the country,  4 kilometres (2.5 mi), from the Ukrainian village and border crossing of Mamalyha, Ukraine to Criva, Briceni, Moldova. It runs east until the city and border crossing of Mohyliv-Podilskyi, where it turns southeast and enters the channel of the river of Dniester. By the village of Nimereuca the territory of Transnistria begins, which ends by Purcari. Several kilometers further it turns west. By Basarabeasca District it turns south and runs until the southern Romania-Moldova-Ukraine tripoint near Galați, Romania and Reni, Ukraine, by Danube.
  As of 2014 the border had 67 permanent official border crossings classified into three categories: international, for crossing by citizens of any state; interstate, for crossing only by citizens of Moldova and Ukraine; and local, for local border traffic. Of them, 25 crossings are along the Transnistria–Ukraine border and are not monitored by the Moldovan border guards.
  There is a unique disputed situation with the Moldovan village of Palanca, Ștefan Vodă. As of 2014 its territory abuts to 
  Odessa Oblast of Ukraine in such a way that there is no way to move to the southern part of Odessa Oblast from the rest of Ukraine by land without crossing Moldova; see Palanca, Ștefan Vodă: Border dispute for more.
caption: Checkpoint Mamalyha (Chernivtsi Oblast) in Northern Bessarabia
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