diff --git a/spacy/lang/char_classes.py b/spacy/lang/char_classes.py
index dc4950eed..892de6374 100644
--- a/spacy/lang/char_classes.py
+++ b/spacy/lang/char_classes.py
@@ -32,9 +32,11 @@ _tatar_lower = r"әөүҗңһ"
 _tatar_upper = r"ӘӨҮҖҢҺ"
 _greek_lower = r"α-ωάέίόώήύ"
 _greek_upper = r"Α-ΩΆΈΊΌΏΉΎ"
+_ukrainian_lower = r"а-щюяіїєґ"
+_ukrainian_upper = r"А-ЩЮЯІЇЄҐ"
 
-_upper = _latin_upper + _russian_upper + _tatar_upper + _greek_upper
-_lower = _latin_lower + _russian_lower + _tatar_lower + _greek_lower
+_upper = _latin_upper + _russian_upper + _tatar_upper + _greek_upper + _ukrainian_upper
+_lower = _latin_lower + _russian_lower + _tatar_lower + _greek_lower + _ukrainian_lower
 _uncased = _bengali + _hebrew + _persian + _sinhala
 
 ALPHA = group_chars(_upper + _lower + _uncased)
@@ -48,7 +50,7 @@ _units = (
     "кг г мг м/с км/ч кПа Па мбар Кб КБ кб Мб МБ мб Гб ГБ гб Тб ТБ тб"
     "كم كم² كم³ م م² م³ سم سم² سم³ مم مم² مم³ كم غرام جرام جم كغ ملغ كوب اكواب"
 )
-_currency = r"\$ £ € ¥ ฿ US\$ C\$ A\$ ₽ ﷼"
+_currency = r"\$ £ € ¥ ฿ US\$ C\$ A\$ ₽ ﷼ ₴"
 
 # These expressions contain various unicode variations, including characters
 # used in Chinese (see #1333, #1340, #1351) – unless there are cross-language