Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has been featured across films, shows, and other media in the kaiju genre, particularly in reference to the Chernobyl exclusion zone within the city of the same name located in the country.

History

GODZILLA (1998)
Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999) [mentioned]
Godzilla 2000: Millennium [mentioned]

GODZILLA (1998)

Dr. Niko "Nick" Tatopoulos, a biologist working for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, had been studying the effects of radiation on earthworms in the Chernobyl exclusion zone in Ukraine for three years. Upon the arrival of an official from the U.S. State Department, however, Nick was reassigned and escorted to Panama by the military in order to examine the trail of destruction left behind by an unidentified animal.

Heisei era

Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris

Shinya Kurata's video game Nevenyrrl identified the Chernobyl disaster as one of the recent manmade incidents that depleted the Earth's mana and allowed the Gyaos to return.

Video games

The Movie Monster Game (1986) - Apple II, Commodore 64

The Movie Monster Game

Tarantus and Mister Meringue are said to have been born in the fallout of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

Books

GODZILLA (1998)
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire - The Official Movie Novelization (2024)

GODZILLA

Dr. Niko "Nick" Tatopoulos, a biologist working for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, had been studying the effects of radiation on earthworms in the Chernobyl exclusion zone in Ukraine for three years. Upon the arrival of an official from the U.S. State Department, however, Nick was reassigned and escorted to Panama by the military in order to examine the trail of destruction left behind by an unidentified animal.

Later, after Godzilla's death in New York City, Nick returns to Ukraine to continue his earthworm study.

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire - The Official Movie Novelization

After making landfall in Pakistan, Scylla moves west towards the United Kingdom, plowing through Ukraine on the way.

Comics

Gamera #1 (1996)
Godzilla's Monsterpiece Theatre #3 (2025)

Gamera

"The Shadow of Evil - Gyaos!"

After securing a great deal of contraband materials such as Gyaos DNA, and radioactive materials at low prices through Ukraine; Greta Karbone and her assistants Gusano and Carlos successfully were able to clone Gyaos and create several other mutants.

Godzilla's Monsterpiece Theatre

In the 1920s, Godzilla attacked the coast of Odessa, then-Soviet Union. The battleship Potemkin and other warships opened fire on him. After capsizing several ships, Godzilla sailed away.

Locations
Showa
Countries	Japan (Hiroshima • Nagasaki • Tokyo (Shinagawa • Ginza) • Kobe • Osaka • Nagoya • Okinawa (Naha • Cape Manzamo) • Hokkaido (Nemuro) • Kyoto • Fukuoka) • China (Beijing) • Pakistan • Iran • Philippines (Manila) • Egypt (Cairo) • New Guinea • Marshall Islands • United States (New York City • Alaska • Texas) • United Kingdom (London) • France (Paris) • Italy (Venice) • Germany • Russia (Moscow) • Rolisica (New Kirk City) • Mu • Selgina • Seatopia • Kingdom of Khitan • North Korea • South Korea
Geographic points	Mount Aso • Mount Fuji • Izu Oshima • Aokigahara • Pacific Ocean (Bikini Atoll • Odo Island • Iwato Island • Kamiko Island • Faro Island • Infant Island • Sergio Island • Letchi Island • Sollgel Island • Monster Island • Mondo Island • Ogasawara Islands (Unnamed island • Monsterland) • Wester Island • Japan Trench • Tokyo Bay • Osaka Bay • Sagami Bay • Suruga Bay) • Arctic Ocean
Planets and continents	Earth (Asia • Europe • America • Antarctica) • Mysteroid • Planet R • Planet Paira • Venus • Mars • Jupiter • Planet X • Moon • Gorath • Terra • Planet Fire God • Dark Gaseous Nebula of the Orion • M Space Hunter Nebula • Planet Peaceland • Planet Garoga • Planet Bulgar • Planet Green • Black Hole Planet 3 • Rosetta
Miscellaneous	National Diet Building • SEIKO HOUSE GINZA • Tokyo Tower • Osaka Castle • Saikai Bridge • Haneda Airport • Golden Gate Bridge • Statue of Liberty • Atami Castle • Nagoya TV Tower • Nagoya Castle • Wakato Bridge • Kurobe Dam • UNSC Moon Base • Arc de Triomphe • Godzilla Tower • Underground Cave • Atlantis
Heisei
Countries	Japan (Tokyo • Osaka • Hokkaido (Sapporo) • Fukuoka • Nagoya • Yokohama (Minato Mirai 21) • Kyoto • Kobe • Kagoshima • Beppu • Kumamoto • Okinawa • Omaezaki • Sendai • Ashikaga • Shima) • China (Hong Kong) • Philippines • Marshall Islands • Russia • Saradia • North Korea • South Korea • Egypt
Geographic points	Izu Oshima • Mount Mihara • Mount Fuji • Mount Aso • Aokigahara • Lake Ashi • Pacific Ocean (Tokyo Bay • Bikini Atoll • Lagos Island • Bering Sea • Sea of Okhotsk • Infant Island • Adonoa Island • Baas Island • Himegami Island • Kowloon Bay • Suruga Bay • Godzilland • Godzilla Island • Matango Island • Bungo Channel • Yakushima • Nilai-Kanai pyramid) • Arctic Ocean
Planets and continents	Earth (Asia) • Mars • Jupiter • Monster Planet • Planet Torendeiru
Miscellaneous	Ihama Nuclear Power Plant • National Diet Building • SEIKO HOUSE GINZA • Fukuoka Tower • Sapporo TV Tower • Nagoya Castle • Nagoya TV Tower • Yokohama Landmark Tower • Yokohama Bay Bridge • Cosmo Clock 21 • Tokyo Tower • Kai Tak Airport • Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line • Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building • Tokyo Telecom Center • Ikata Nuclear Power Plant • Haneda Airport • Ariake Coliseum • Underworld • Atlantis
Millennium
Countries	Japan (Tokyo • Okinawa • Tokai • Manazuru • Hokkaido (Nemuro) • Osaka • Yaizu • Yokohama • Tateyama) • United States (New York City • Arizona) • France (Paris) • Australia (Sydney) • New Guinea (Papua New Guinea) • China (Shanghai) • Canada
Geographic points	Pacific Ocean (Tokyo Bay • Kiganjima • Infant Island • Ogasawara Islands (Magonoté • Himago Island) • Japan Trench) • Atlantic Ocean (English Channel) • Mount Myoko • Lake Ikeda • Mount Fuji • Aokigahara • Area G
Planets and continents	Earth (Asia • Europe • America • Oceania • Australia • Antarctica) • Gorath • Planet Fire God
Miscellaneous	National Diet Building • Tokyo Tower • Tokai Nuclear Power Plant • Yokohama Landmark Tower • Yokohama Bay Bridge • Empire State Building • Statue of Liberty • Sydney Opera House • Eiffel Tower
Reiwa
Countries	Japan (Tokyo (Kamata • Shinagawa • Ginza • Shinjuku) • Kamakura • Mechagodzilla City • Nigashio) • Turkey • United Kingdom (London) • France (Paris) • Germany • United States • United Arab Emirates • (Dubai) • India • Malaysia • Pakistan • Marshall Islands
Geographic points	Tama River • Mount Fuji • Tanzawa Pass • Pacific Ocean (Odo Island • Tokyo Bay • Sagami Bay • Bikini Atoll • Ogasawara Islands • Bōsō Peninsula) • Atlantic Ocean (English Channel)
Planets and continents	Earth (Asia • Europe • America) • Kepler-452b • Tau Ceti e • Moon
Miscellaneous	National Diet Building • Tokyo Tower • Tokyo Station • SEIKO HOUSE GINZA • Aratrum • Oratio • Union Compound India • Shinjuku Toho Building (Godzilla Head)
American films
Countries	United States (New York City • Hawaii • Nevada • San Francisco • Boston • Hoboken • Washington, D.C. • Pensacola • Alaska) • France (French Polynesia • Montagnac) • Marshall Islands • Jamaica • Philippines • Japan (Janjira • Tokyo) • Vietnam • Ukraine • Mexico (Isla de Mara) • Mali • Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) • Germany (Munich) • Russia (Moscow) • United Kingdom (London • Gibraltar) • Spain (Cadiz) • Italy (Rome) • Barbados • Argentina • Norway • Sudan (Jebel Barkal) • Peru (Machu Pichu) • Cambodia (Angkor Wat) • Egypt (Cairo) • Morocco • Malaysia • Pakistan • Iran • Iraq • Tanzania • China (Hong Kong) • Panama • Romania • South Korea • Chile (Santa Soledad)
Geographic points	Pacific Ocean (Bikini Atoll • Skull Island • Tasman Sea) • Arctic Ocean • Yunnan Rainforest • Mount Fuji • Infant Island • Victoria Peak
Planets and continents	Earth (America • Europe • Asia • Oceania • Antarctica)
Miscellaneous	Empire State Building • Statue of Liberty • World Trade Center • Chernobyl exclusion zone • Madison Square Garden • Brooklyn Bridge • Honolulu International Airport • Golden Gate Bridge • Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository • Alcatraz Island • Fenway Park • Apex Cybernetics • Hollow Earth (Axis Mundi) • Colosseum • Great Pyramid • Christ the Redeemer
Printed media
Countries	United States (San Francisco • San Diego • Los Angeles • New York City • Texas • Washington, D.C. • Seattle • Las Vegas • Alaska • Chicago) • Japan (Tokyo) • Ukraine • Germany • Argentina • Brazil (São Paulo) • Colombia (Buenaventura) • Cambodia • Egypt (Cairo) • France (Paris) • Greece • Italy (Pompeii • Rome) • United Arab Emirates • Ghana • Morocco • Mali • India (Mumbai) • Turkey (Istanbul) • North Korea • South Korea (Seoul) • Russia (Moscow) • Mexico • Vietnam • Jamaica • Peru • Pakistan • Iran • Iraq • Canada (Vancouver) • Malaysia • Portugal • Romania • (Transylvania)
Geographic points	Mount Vesuvius • Pacific Ocean (Monster Island • Monster Islands • Infant Island • Moansta Island • Satan Atoll • Ogasawara Islands • Bering Sea)
Planets and continents	Earth (America • Asia • Europe • Antarctica)
Miscellaneous	Alaskan Pipeline • Golden Gate Bridge • Grand Canyon • Eiffel Tower • Christ the Redeemer • Hell • Multiverse • Deadzone

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