[geoka9]

> Culturally, Ukraine seems to be much closer to Russia than to EU.

The south-east of Ukraine, that is.

The western regions of Ukraine seem to be much closer to Central Europe (Poland and others).

[malkung]

I am not sure about that. Yes, they are oriented towards the West, but they too were in the Russian Empire and Soviet Union for a long time, except Western-most regions that were part of Poland until WW2.