Hora Atual em Alushta, Ucrânia — MSK.

Alushta or Aluşta is a city of regional significance on the southern coast of the Crimean peninsula which is within the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, a region internationally recognised as territory of Ukraine, but occupied by the Russian Federation and incorporated as the Republic of Crimea. It is located along the Black Sea coast on the road from Gurzuf to Sudak, as well as on the Crimean Trolleybus line. According to the 2014 Census, Alushta had a population of 29,078.

Distance-wise, Alushta is closest to London (~2,647 km), Dubai (~2,864 km), New York (~8,144 km); Sydney is the far end at roughly 14,583 km. That ordering matters more than the timezone label for travel planning.

Alushta sits inside Ucrânia — the Eastern Europe subregion, capital Kyiv, languages Ukrainian, currency UAH (₴).

Around Alushta, the nearest mapped reference cities are Yalta (27 km), Simferopol (39 km), Bakhchysaray (44 km), Bilohirsk (45 km); treat them as the de-facto regional cluster for MSK planning.

Upcoming country holiday signals around Alushta: International Workers' Day, Victory day over Nazism in World War II, Pentecost. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Ucrânia.

Closest curated airport references from Alushta: ODS Odesa (350 km), OZH Zaporizhia (361 km), LWO Lviv (973 km).

In 2021, Forty-five men and boys are killed in the Meron stampede in Israel.