Ukraine.  Its area of 603,628 km² makes it roughly as large as Metropolitan France and slightly smaller than Texas.  While some claim that "Ukraine is the largest country in Europe", this view is not generally supported by sources outside the country. Ukraine borders Russian Federation to the east and northeast, Belarus to the northwest, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary to the west, Romania and Moldova to the southwest, and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south and southeast respectively.