Why is Ukraine's map drawn this way?

Maps are tricky, mostly because often times, borders are disputed by different parties, and each side want to see the map the way they want to see it. And honestly, we don't envy people in the map making businesses, because they can't please everyone.

Having said that, we are not in that business, we don't make maps nor draw borders. We use common web tools to generate our maps, including Google Maps. And maps usually serve you a dynamic version based on where you are located. 

And in some cases, more than 2 versions are served (one for when you are inside each country and a third for international users).

Don't believe us? Go to Google Maps and type Ukraine, you will see them display Crimea as part of Russia (with dashed border, indicating a disputed border)

The map changes however, if you view it from Ukraine (There is no border between Crimea and Ukraine)

The same thing happens with Fedica if you use our service from Ukraine:

And if you are using it from outside Ukraine (Also, note the source of our map at the bottom, if you are logged into the service)

So as you can see, our maps follow the same conventions. It's worth nothing that it's a common convention in the mapping world to display de-facto borders, the Crimea border has been mapped this way for more than 5 years, and it is sad that people have only started noticing this recently!