Ukraine - Poor road
 

We have just travelled by motorcycle from Odesa to Mykolajiv on the M14/E58.
Due to the lorry usage and winter this is a very poor road ( potholes/bomb craters).
Hope this stops anyone having the nightmare we have just had.

Wow! You managed to take one of most infamous roads in Ukraine, locals actually avoiding it. It ALWAYS bad, but specially this year. Sorry to hear you had to encounter this.

Here is some video, just one of many posted in internet - since this winter this road got name of "death road" amongst Ukrainians. The alternative route is 200 km longer but it worth it.
YouTube - Трасса Николаев-Одесса 2010 (Готовность к ЕВРО 2012)