Much of Ukraine is covered by the wide, treeless grasslands known as steppes.

My original plan for this strip involved Dr Ginny Smith disguising herself as a nun to try to hitch a ride out of Kiev, but being turned down by various truck drivers, saying it would be all right taking a man as a passenger, but not a nun.

Then Ginny could complain about the distance from Kiev to Moscow:

That's one small steppe for man, one giant leap for manakhinya.