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'''Transport in Ukraine''' includes ground transportation (road and rail), water (sea and river), air transportation, and pipelines. The transportation sector accounts for roughly 11% of the country's gross domestic product and 7% of total employment.

[[File:Скоростной поезд "Хендай".jpg | alt=HRCS2 unit|thumb|[[HRCS2 multiple unit]]. Rail transport [[Ukrainian Railways|is heavily utilised in Ukraine]].]]

In total, Ukrainian paved roads stretch for {{convert|164732|km}}.<ref name=cia>{{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/ukraine/ |title=Ukraine |access-date=24 December 2007 |date=13 December 2007 |website=[[CIA World Factbook]]}}</ref> Major routes, marked with the letter 'M' for 'International' ([[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]]: ''Міжнародний''), extend nationwide and connect all major cities of Ukraine, and provide cross-border routes to the country's neighbours.

International maritime travel is mainly provided through the [[Port of Odesa]], from where ferries sail regularly to [[Istanbul]], [[Varna, Bulgaria|Varna]] and [[Haifa]]. The largest ferry company presently operating these routes is [[UkrFerry|Ukrferry]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ukrferry.com/ |title=Судоходная компания Укрферри. Морские паромные перевозки на Черном Море между Украиной, Грузией, Турцией и Болгарией |publisher=Ukrferry.com |access-date=30 December 2010}}</ref>

[[File:M29 motorway (Ukraine), Valky interchange.jpg|thumb|The Kharkiv–Dnipro motorway (M18)]]
[[Rail transport in Ukraine]] connects all major urban areas, port facilities and [[Manufacturing|industrial centres]] with neighbouring countries. The heaviest concentration of [[railway track]] is the [[Donbas]] region of Ukraine. Although [[rail freight transport]] fell in the 1990s, Ukraine is still one of the [[rail usage statistics by country|world's highest rail users]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://permanent.access.gpo.gov/lps3997/9510uktn.htm |title=Transportation in Ukraine |access-date=22 December 2007 |website=U.S. Government Printing Office}}</ref>

The total amount of railroad track in Ukraine extends for {{convert|22473|km}}, of which {{convert|9250|km}} was electrified in the 2000s.<ref name=cia/> The state has a monopoly on the provision of passenger rail transport, and all trains, other than those with cooperation of other foreign companies on international routes, are operated by its company [[Ukrainian Railways|Ukrzaliznytsia]].

[[Boryspil International Airport|Kyiv Boryspil]] is Ukraine's largest international airport. It has three main passenger terminals and is the base for the country's flag carrier, [[Ukraine International Airlines]]. Other large airports in the country include those in [[Kharkiv International Airport|Kharkiv]], [[Lviv International Airport|Lviv]] and [[Donetsk International Airport|Donetsk]] (now destroyed). In addition to its flag carrier, Ukraine has a number of airlines including [[Windrose Airlines]], [[Dniproavia]], [[Azur Air Ukraine]], and [[AtlasGlobal Ukraine]]. [[Antonov Airlines]], a subsidiary of the Antonov Aerospace Design Bureau, was the only operator of the world's largest fixed wing aircraft, the [[An-225]].