Ohio is directly west of west Virginia and Kentucky is southwest of west Virginia
Take a look at a map- parts of Virginia are west of the state of West Virginia. It's also simple because it said West Virginia.
West Virginia
{| |- | At one time they were a single state. When Virginia succeeded from the Union at the start of the Civil War they split. West Virginia became the 35th state on June 20, 1863. |}
Virginia