Eastern Slav nation currently called Ukraine existed even before the arrival of Vikings. Viking prince Oleg together with eastern Slavs developed the trading center of Kiev and a civilisation around Dnipro that spread to north and north west now called Russia. Eastern Slavs were given different ethnic names such as Ruthenian's etc at different times however Kyvian Rus, the mixed group of eastern Slavs, Vikings, Iranian's , Hun, Tatar's ,Cossack's etc were the formation of current Ukrainians.
