Ukraine is subdivided into 24 regions (oblasti, singular - oblast), 1 autonomous republic (avtomnaya respublika) in the Crimea, and 2 municipalities (mista, singular - misto) with regional status, marked by a *:
... to a smaller extent by the slipping friction.
The device is covered by US patents 3,726,146 (1973) and 5,353,655 (1994) by L.A. Mishler and US patent 5,800,3 ...