| Country: | UKR |
| Type: | M |
| Route: | 03 |
| Map: | Ukraine road m03.jpg |
| Length Km: | 844.2 |
| Length Notes: | 858.9km (533.7miles) with access roads |
| Section1: | Kyiv - Boryspil (part of) |
| Length Km1: | 18 |
| Direction A1: | West |
| Section2: | (main) |
| Length Km2: | 1 |
| Direction A2: | West |
| Terminus A2: | (Kyiv) |
| Junction2: | (Poltava) (Kharkiv) |
| Direction B2: | East |
| Terminus B2: | (Debaltseve) |
| Section3: | (Donbas) |
| Length Km3: | 1 |
| Direction A3: | West |
| Terminus A3: | (Debaltseve) |
| Direction B3: | East |
| Terminus B3: | (Dovzhansky) (Sverdlovsk Raion) / |
| Previous Type: | M |
| Previous Route: | 02 |
| Next Type: | M |
| Next Route: | 05 |
| Oblasts: | Kyiv, Kyiv, Poltava, Kharkiv, Donetsk, Luhansk |
Highway M03 is a Ukrainian international highway (M-highway) connecting Kyiv with Dovzhansky on the border with Russia, where it continues into Russia as the A270.[1] It is part of European route E40 from Kyiv to Debaltseve at which it is part of European route E50 to the border with Russia.[2] At 844km (524miles), the M03 is the longest international state highway in Ukraine.
In Soviet times the M03 was part of the M19. Today, the highway stretches through five oblasts and ends at the border checkpoint at Dovzhansky which is part of Sverdlovsk Raion (Luhansk Oblast). The route connects Kyiv and Kharkiv with the industrial region of Donbas. Part of the M03 between Kyiv and Boryspil was reconstructed into an automagistral to handle higher traffic between Kyiv and the Boryspil International Airport.
From Boryspil to Lubny, the road is a dual carriageway, thereon it continues as a single carriageway with some 2x2 sections.
Significant armed conflict has occurred on or near the eastern portions of the highway during the war in Donbas and the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine.
Kyiv - Boryspil auto-magistrale is the better kept motorway in Ukraine. It provides direct access from Kyiv to the Boryspil International Airport. Its traffic passing ability amasses to 40,000 vehicle per day. It has length of 18km (11miles) with maximum allowable speed at 130kph. The motorway is part of the M03 that stretches from Kyiv to the Russo-Ukrainian border at the Dovzhansky border checkpoint.
| Marker, km | Main settlements | Notes | Highway Interchanges | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 km | Kyiv | / (-) • • • • | ||
| 18 km | Boryspil | |||
| Poltava | • | |||
| Liubotyn | ||||
| Kharkiv | (/) | |||
| Sloviansk | ||||
| Debaltseve | / | |||
| 844.2 km | Dovzhansky / Border (Russia) | A270 |