The June 2023 issue of National Geographic magazine includes a two-sided poster map of Ukraine. The front side shows the country after a year of war, including graphics about Ukraine’s crucial role as a global breadbasket. The back side features a thematic map of Europe, which covers the continent’s efforts to reduce its reliance on Russian natural gas, the growth of NATO, and the former extent of the Soviet Union and its Cold War allies. An illustrated time line traces the history of Ukraine back to the medieval Kyivan Rus state, from which Russia and Belarus also evolved.