Second biggest country in Europe and they've spent the last few years reminding everyone not to underestimate that.
Fun fact: Kyiv's Arsenalna metro station sits 105.5 metres underground, making it the deepest in the world.
They've been making wine for about five thousand years longer than everyone else, so fair play to them.
Fun fact: In 301 AD, it became the first country in the world to adopt Christianity as a state religion.