Shatsk (Ukrainian: Шацьк, translit.: Shats`k, Polish: Szack) is a small town in Ukraine, in the region of Volhynia, to the north-west of Kovel. It is the administrative center of the Shatskyi Raion. It has approximately 6,000 inhabitants.
The town was first mentioned in 1410. During the Polish Defensive War it was the battlefield of the Battle of Szack between Polish forces of general Wilhelm Orlik-Rueckemann and the Soviet 4th Army.
Ukraine (Ukrainian: Україна, transliterated: Ukrayina) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south. The city of Kiev (Kyiv) is both the capital and the largest city of Ukraine.
