Uzhgorod, the main city of Transcarpathian Province (Zakarpatska oblast), is located in the western part of Ukraine, near the borders with Slovakia and Hungary. Uzhgorod is linked by railway with Kyiv, Lviv, Kharkiv, Ternopil, Chernivtsi, Vinnytsia, Poltava, Odesa and other cities of Ukraine. A nearby (22 km) railway station of Chop provides railway connection with Budapest, Bratislava, Prague, Vienna, Zagreb, Belgrade and other European cities. Uzhgorod airport provides air routes to Kyiv, Luhansk, Moscow, Budapest.