Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has a population of about 42 million. The capital is Kiev. In 1991, it gained independence from the Soviet Union. Ukraine is currently in dispute with Russia, which annexed her peninsula Crimea in 2014. The official language is Ukrainian and the official alphabet is Cyrillic. Beyond Moldova, Ukraine is the poorest country in Europe. In addition to Russia, it has the largest army in Europe. In Mili Dueli in 2018, a young doctor appeared, fascinating the jury members with her poetry and winning first place. Since then, the Mili Dueli project has the strategic goal of promoting Ukrainian poetry as a sign of solidarity with the situation in Ukraine.