Foreign relations of Ukraine

upright=1.4|thumb|Countries with which Ukraine (marked with red) has diplomatic relations.

Ukraine has formal relations with many nations and in recent decades has been establishing diplomatic relations with an expanding circle of nations. The foreign relations of Ukraine are guided by a number of key priorities outlined in the foreign policy of Ukraine.

Western relations

Ukraine considers Euro-Atlantic integration its primary foreign policy objective, but in practice balances its relationship with Europe and the United States while attempting to sever its considerable ties to Russia. The European Union's Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) with Ukraine went into force on March 1, 1998. The European Union (EU) has encouraged Ukraine to implement the PCA fully before discussions begin on an association agreement. The EU Common Strategy toward Ukraine, issued at the EU Summit in December 1999 in Helsinki, recognizes Ukraine's long-term aspirations but does not discuss association.

On January 31, 1992, Ukraine joined the then-Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (now the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe—OSCE), and on March 10, 1992, it became a member of the North Atlantic Cooperation Council. Ukraine also has a close relationship with NATO and has declared interest in eventual membership. It is the most active member of the Partnership for Peace (PfP). Former President Viktor Yushchenko indicated that he supports Ukraine joining the EU in the future. Plans for Ukrainian membership to NATO were shelved by Ukraine following the 2010 Ukrainian presidential election in which Viktor Yanukovych was elected President. This materialized on June 3, 2010, when the Ukrainian parliament (Verkhovna Rada) excluded, with 226 votes, the goal of "integration into Euro-Atlantic security and NATO membership" from the country's national security strategy giving the country a non-aligned status. "European integration" has remained part of Ukraine's national security strategy and co-operation with NATO was not excluded. Ukraine and NATO continued to hold joint seminars and joint tactical and strategical exercises. After February 2014's Yanukovych ouster and the Russian annexation of Crimea, the nation has renewed its drive for NATO membership.

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Bilateral security agreements

[[File:Long-term bilateral security agreements of Ukraine since 2024.svg|thumb|Long-term bilateral security agreements of Ukraine since 2024.

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In early 2024, following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, several allies of Ukraine signed long-term bilateral security treaties with Ukraine for many years to come (often a period of 10 years). They resulted from a declaration by the G7 countries at a NATO Summit in Washington on 12 July 2023, concluding the establishment of a framework of bilateral security agreements of long-term military, materiel and economic support for Ukraine's defence.

16 February 2024: France and Germany signed 10-year bilateral security cooperation agreements with Ukraine.
23 February 2024: Denmark signed a 10-year bilateral security cooperation agreement with Ukraine.
24 February 2024: Canada and Italy signed 10-year bilateral security cooperation agreements with Ukraine.
1 March 2024: The Netherlands signed a 10-year bilateral security cooperation agreement with Ukraine.
3 April 2024: Finland signed a 10-year bilateral security cooperation agreement with Ukraine.
11 April 2024: Latvia signed a 10-year bilateral security agreement with Ukraine.
27 May 2024: Spain signed a 10-year bilateral security cooperation agreement with Ukraine.
28 May 2024: Belgium and Portugal signed 10-year bilateral security cooperation agreements with Ukraine.
31 May 2024: Sweden, Norway and Iceland signed 10-year bilateral security cooperation agreements with Ukraine.
13 June 2024: The United States and Japan signed 10-year bilateral security cooperation agreements with Ukraine.
27 June 2024: Estonia, Lithuania and the European Union signed 10-year bilateral security cooperation agreements with Ukraine.
8 July 2024: Poland signed a 10-year bilateral security cooperation agreement with Ukraine.
10 July 2024: Luxembourg signed a 10-year bilateral security cooperation agreement with Ukraine.
11 July 2024: Romania signed a 10-year bilateral security cooperation agreement with Ukraine.
18 July 2024: Czech Republic and Slovenia signed 10-year bilateral security cooperation agreements with Ukraine.
4 September 2024: Ireland signed a 10-year bilateral security cooperation agreement with Ukraine.
9 October 2024: Croatia signed a 10-year bilateral security cooperation agreement with Ukraine.
17 October 2024: Greece signed a 10-year bilateral security and defense cooperation agreement with Ukraine, on the sidelines of the European Council in Brussels.
16 January 2025: The United Kingdom signed a 100-year bilateral security cooperation agreement with Ukraine.
21 January 2025: Albania signed a 10-year bilateral security cooperation agreement with Ukraine.
15 May 2025: Montenegro signed a 10-year bilateral security cooperation agreement with Ukraine.
28 March 2026: Qatar signed a 10-year bilateral security cooperation agreement with Ukraine.
30 March 2026: Bulgaria signed a 10-year bilateral security cooperation agreement with Ukraine.

Similar agreements and negotiations

In March 2024, South Korea and Ukraine began negotiating long-term bilateral security agreements, later that year signing "a five-year framework agreement for USD 2.1 billion to support Ukraine's reconstruction projects".

On 2 May 2025, Ukraine and the Republic of Korea signed an additional memorandum on deeper economic cooperation.

In May and November 2024, the European Union signed "security and defence partnerships" with six countries, three of which (with Norway, Albania, and North Macedonia), contained an explicit agreement on "(continued long-term) support for Ukraine". The EU–Moldova Security and Defence Partnership of 21 May 2024 does not contain such a stipulation, but it does start by stating that both the EU and Moldova "face an increasingly challenging security environment inter alia due to ongoing Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine." By June 2025, when the three countries announced a "permanent coordination mechanism between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs", the trilateral framework (officially named the Odesa Triangle since August 2025) on issues such as energy and transport infrastructure projects, business, border customs, combating Russian disinformation, and strengthening sanctions against Russia, was described by GMFUS as a "mini-alliance of political and economic cooperation", although agreements on security issues had remained informal so far.

Ukraine became a (non-official) member of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) on December 8, 1991. In January 1993 it refused to endorse a draft charter strengthening political, economic, and defense ties among CIS members, and completely ceased to participate as a member in March 2014. Ukraine was a founding member of GUAM (Georgia-Ukraine-Azerbaijan-Moldova).

In 1999–2001, Ukraine served as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council. Soviet Ukraine joined the United Nations in 1945 as one of the original members following a Western compromise with the Soviet Union, which had asked for seats for all 15 of its union republics. Ukraine has consistently supported peaceful, negotiated settlements to disputes. It has participated in the quadripartite talks on the conflict in Moldova and promoted a peaceful resolution to conflict in the post-Soviet state of Georgia.

Leonid Derkach (chairman of the SBU, which is Ukraine's security service, successor to the KGB) was fired due to Western pressure after he organized the sale of radar systems to Iraq while such sales were embargoed.

International disputes

Belarus

The 1997 boundary treaty with Belarus remains un-ratified due to unresolved financial claims, stalling demarcation and reducing border security.

Russia

Delimitation of the land boundary with Russia is incomplete, but the parties have agreed to defer demarcation. The maritime boundary through the Sea of Azov and the Kerch Strait remains unresolved despite a December 2003 framework agreement and ongoing expert-level discussions. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin allegedly declared at a NATO-Russia summit in 2008 that if Ukraine would join NATO his country can contend to annex the Ukrainian East and Crimea. As of April 2024, Russia has annexed the Crimean peninsula and partly four other regions of Ukraine: Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia.

Starting in November 2013, the decision by Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych to back out of signing an integration agreement with the European Union started a period of civil unrest between Ukrainians who favored integration with the European Union and those who wanted closer ties with Russia. This culminated in the Revolution of Dignity. Russia took advantage of this political instability to annex Crimea in March 2014, though Ukraine still claims sovereignty over the territory by any kind of international law. Russia has also allegedly supported quasi-separatist forces in the war in Donbas. In December 2015 Russian hackers reportedly hacked Ukraine's power grids leading to a blackout and widespread terror.

On 24 February 2022, diplomatic relations were cut with Russia as a response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Investment promotion

State enterprise InvestUkraine was created under the State Agency for Investment and National Projects (National Projects) to serve as a One Stop Shop for investors and to deliver investment consulting services.

Dual citizenship

In June 2025, Ukraine legalized multiple citizenship.

Relations by country

Multilateral

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|||December 1991

|See Ukraine–European Union relations, Accession of Ukraine to the European Union

The Eastern Partnership is meant to complement the Northern Dimension by providing an institutionalized forum for discussing visa agreements, free trade deals and strategic partnership agreements with the EU's eastern neighbours.

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|||1945

| See Economic Commission of Europe, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

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|||1991

| See Ukraine–NATO relations, Partnership for Peace program, Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council

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|||21 December 1991

| See Ukraine–Commonwealth of Independent States relations

Ukraine is a signatory of both the Belovezh Accords and Alma-Ata Protocol; however, it has never ratified either agreement and has never been a member of the CIS. Largely ceased to participate in the CIS from 2014, and withdrew representatives from all CIS statutory bodies in 2018 as a result of the Russo-Ukrainian War.

Africa

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|||20 August 1992

|See Algeria–Ukraine relations

Algeria recognized Ukraine's independence in 1992.
Algeria has an embassy in Kyiv.
Ukraine has an embassy in Algiers (opened in 1999).
Military and trade agreements between the two countries were signed in 1993 and 1994.

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|||14 September 1995

Ukraine is represented in Comoros by its embassy in Nairobi, Kenya.

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|||25 January 1992

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|||12 February 2009

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|||30 September 1992

On 24 May 2024, Ukraine opened its embassy in Mauritania. Until 2024, Ukraine was represented in Mauritania by its embassy in Rabat, Morocco.

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|||16 March 1992

Ukraine established its embassy in Pretoria in 1995.

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||| 4 June 1992

| See Sudan-Ukraine relations

Sudan has an embassy in Kyiv.

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|||24 June 1992

Ukraine is represented in Uganda by its embassy in Nairobi, Kenya.

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|||22 April 1993

|See Argentina–Ukraine relations

Argentina has an embassy in Kyiv.
Ukraine has an embassy in Buenos Aires.
A visa-free travel regime between the two countries started operating in October 2011.
List of Treaties ruling relations Argentina and Ukraine (Argentine Foreign Ministry, in Spanish)

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|||1 October 1999||

Belize condemned the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, terming it "illegal" and "unjustified".

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|||8 February 1992

Bolivia abstained from a United Nations General Assembly vote condemning the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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|||11 February 1992

|See Brazil–Ukraine relations

Brazil and Ukraine are strategic partners and cooperate in trade, space technology, education, energy, healthcare, and defense.
Brazil recognized Ukraine's independence on December 26, 1991.
The recent development of a joint space industry has strengthened the bilateral ties between the two countries.

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|||27 January 1992||See Canada–Ukraine relations

Canada opened its embassy in Kyiv in April 1992, and the Embassy of Ukraine in Ottawa opened in October of that same year, paid for mostly by donations from the Ukrainian-Canadian community.
Ukraine opened a consulate-general in Toronto in 1993 and in Edmonton in 2018. Ukraine also has consulates in Halifax, Montreal, Regina, and Vancouver. Canada also has a consulate in Lviv.

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|See Chile–Ukraine relations

Chile is accredited to Ukraine from its embassy in Warsaw, Poland.
Ukraine has an embassy in Santiago.

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|||12 March 1992||

Both countries established diplomatic relations on April 25, 2019.
The two countries also signed a visa waver agreement.

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|||14 April 1999||

Guyana approved a United Nations General Assembly resolution condemning the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Ukraine has an embassy in Mexico City.

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|||21 May 1993

Ukraine is represented in Paraguay through its embassy in Buenos Aires (Argentina) and an honorary consulate in Asunción.
There is an important community of people of Ukrainian origins in Paraguay (between 10,000 and 15,000 people), most of whom arrived at the beginning of the 20th century. (See also Ukrainians in Paraguay)

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|||7 May 1992

Uruguay is represented in Ukraine through its embassy in Bucharest (Romania) and through an honorary consulate in Kyiv.
There are around 10,000 people of Ukrainian descent living in Uruguay.

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|||29 September 1993

Asia

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|||1992|25 December 1991

|See Armenia–Ukraine relations

Armenian-Ukrainian relations have lasted for centuries and today are cordial.
Armenian communities existed in the medieval Kyivian State as far back as the 12th century. These communities developed into Armenian settlements.
Armenia has an embassy in Kyiv and consulates in Odesa, Kharkiv, Ternopil, and Cherkasy.[https://www.mfa.am/en/consulates/ua]
Ukraine has an embassy in Yerevan.

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|||6 February 1992

Ukraine has an embassy in Baku.
There are about 32,000 Ukrainians who live in Azerbaijan, and there are over 45,000 Azerbaijanis in Ukraine.
The two countries support each other in entering international organizations.
Ukraine supports the peaceful resolution of the conflict of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict within the framework of Azerbaijan's territorial integrity and is ready to take part in possible peacekeeping operation under the mandate of the United Nations.

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|||20 July 1992||See Bangladesh–Ukraine relations

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|||<!--Start

date-->3 October 1997 and are growing; for instance various Chinese companies are interested in investing in the construction of a large orbital road around Kyiv and in building a number of bridges across the Dnipro River. China intends to provide a loan of 25 million yuan (about USD 3.7 million) to Ukraine.

Ukraine has also begun providing China with jet engines for military aircraft.

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|||22 July 1992 However, the relationship has further enhanced after Rose Revolution in Georgia and Orange Revolution in Ukraine. During the Orange Revolutions, many Georgians rallied in Kyiv in support of Viktor Yushchenko. Both countries maintain pro-western political orientation and aspire to join NATO and the European Union.

The close friendship between Presidents Mikheil Saakashvili and Viktor Yushchenko has also played an important role in recent political and cultural unity of the two countries. However, the cultural and political unity between two nations existed long ago. There are many cultural events in both courtiers, celebrating close relations between Georgian and Ukrainian people. In 2007, Georgians unveiled a statue to Taras Shevchenko in Tbilisi while Ukrainians erected the statue of Georgia's epic poet Shota Rustaveli in Kyiv.

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|||17 January 1992

|See Iran–Ukraine relations

Iran has an embassy in Kyiv.
Ukraine has an embassy in Tehran.

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|||16 December 1992

Ukraine has an embassy in Tel Aviv and a consulate-general in Haifa.

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|||26 January 1992

Japan maintains an embassy in Kyiv.

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|||23 July 1992

Ukraine has an embassy in Astana and a consulate-general in Almaty.

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|||14 December 1992

Malaysia has an embassy in Kyiv.
Since August 2002, Ukraine has an embassy in Kuala Lumpur.

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|||19 January 1999||See Myanmar–Ukraine relations

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|Diplomatic relations severed 13 July 2022||

North Korea recognised independent Ukraine on 9 January 1992.
Ukraine has been shown to have sold rocket engines used for missiles to North Korea.
Ukraine cut diplomatic ties with North Korea on 13 July 2022 after North Korea recognized the independence of the eastern regions of Luhansk and Donetsk, and has since withdrew the recognition of North Korea as they referred "Korea" as the Republic of Korea on the list of foreign diplomatic missions listed on Ukrainian MFA website.

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|||16 March 1992

Ukraine has an embassy in Islamabad.
Ukraine and Pakistan have been cooperating with each other in educational sector as well as cultural exchanges. Pakistan and Ukraine are also heavily cooperating with each other in aerospace engineering, aerospace technologies, bio-medical sciences and science and technology.

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|||2 November 2001

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|||14 April 1993

In January 2003, Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma made an official visit to Saudi Arabia.

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|||31 March 1992

Since December 2002, Ukraine has an embassy and an honorary consulate in Singapore.
In 2007, the two countries commenced negotiations for a free trade agreement. In 2006, Ukraine was Singapore's 55th largest trading partner last year, with total trade amounting to S$774 million
In 2007, the two countries signed a double taxation agreement.

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|||10 February 1992||See South Korea–Ukraine relations

Ukraine has an embassy in Seoul.
South Korea has an embassy in Kyiv.
Since 13 July 2022, Ukraine has recognized the Republic of Korea as the sole legitimate government in the Korean Peninsula.

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|||31 March 1992||

Syria recognised independent Ukraine on 28 December 1991 and established relations since March 31, 1992.
Relations were positive until 2011, but have been on pause since then.
Ukraine had an embassy in Damascus before it was closed in 2016.
Ukraine cut diplomatic ties with Syria on 29 June 2022 after Syria recognized the independence of the eastern regions of Luhansk and Donetsk.
After the fall of the Assad regime, on 30 December 2024, Ukraine and Syria moved to reestablish the partnership and diplomatic relations between countries.
Ties were formally restored on 24 September 2025.

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|||No official relations De facto relations||See Taiwan–Ukraine relations

After the fall of the Soviet Union, Taiwan tried to establish diplomatic relationships with Ukraine before China but ultimately failed after two diplomatic visits by Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Chiang Hsiao-yen.
During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Taiwan sent 27 tons of humanitarian aid to Ukraine.

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|||6 May 1992

Ukraine has an embassy and an honorary consulate in Bangkok.

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|||3 February 1992

Ukraine has an embassy in Ankara, a consulate general in Istanbul and a consulate in Antalya.

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|||15 October 1992

Ukraine has an embassy in Abu Dhabi and a consulate in Dubai.
United Arab Emirates has an embassy in Kyiv.

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|||25 August 1992

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|||13 January 1993

|See Austria–Ukraine relations

Ukraine includes a great deal of territory (some later part of Poland or Czechoslovakia before 1939) that used to be part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire: Lviv Oblast, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ternopil Oblast, most of the Chernivtsi Oblast, and the Zakarpattia Oblast.
Austria has an embassy in Kyiv and 3 honorary consulates (in Donetsk, Kharkiv and Lviv).
Ukraine has an embassy in Vienna and two honorary consulates (in Klagenfurt and Salzburg).

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|||27 December 1991

Ukraine has an embassy in Minsk and a general consulate in Brest.
Both countries are full members of the Baku Initiative and Central European Initiative.

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|||10 March 1992 and an honorary consulate in Kyiv.

Ukraine has an embassy in Sarajevo.

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|||13 December 1991

Ukraine has an embassy in Sofia and a consulate-general in Varna.

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|||18 February 1992

Ukraine has an embassy in Nicosia and an honorary consulate in Limassol.

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|||18 February 1992

Ukraine has an embassy in Paris.
Since 2006, Ukraine has been an observer in the Francophonie organisation.

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|||17 January 1992

Ukraine has an embassy in Berlin and three Consulates-General (in Frankfurt, Hamburg and Munich).

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|||15 January 1992

Ukraine has an embassy in Budapest

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|||30 March 1992

Ukraine is represented in Iceland through its embassy in Helsinki (Finland) and through an honorary consulate in Reykjavík.

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|||18 October 2022||

Ukraine recognised the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria in 2022. Prior to the state's recognition, the Separate Special Purpose Battalion was created by Akhmed Zakayev on July 29 of the same year.

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|||1 April 1992|||See Ireland–Ukraine relations

Ireland recognized the Ukrainian state in 1991.
Ireland has an embassy in Kyiv.
Ukraine has an embassy in Dublin.
There are 3,343 Ukrainians living in Ireland.

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|||29 January 1992

Ukraine has an embassy in Rome, a general consulate in Milan and 4 honorary consulates (in Bari, Florence, Genoa, Naples, Padua and Reggio Calabria).
There are around 120,000 people of Ukrainian descent living in Italy.

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|||12 February 1992

Ukraine has an embassy in Riga and an honorary consulate in Ventspils.
There are around 92,000 Ethnic Ukrainians living in Latvia.

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|6 February 1992

Ukraine has an embassy in Vilnius and three honorary consulates (in Klaipėda, Šalčininkai and Visaginas).
Both countries are full members of the Council of Europe.
Lithuania fully supports Ukraine's membership in the European Union and NATO.
There are around 44,000 ethnic Ukrainians living in Lithuania and around 11,000 ethnic Lithuanians living in Ukraine.
Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign affairs: list of bilateral treaties with Ukraine (in Lithuanian only)

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|1 July 1992||See Malta–Ukraine relations

The Maltese embassy in Moscow (Russia) is also accredited as a non-resident embassy to Ukraine.
Ukraine is represented in Malta through its embassy in Rome (Italy).

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|||27 December 1991

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|||22 August 2006||See Montenegro–Ukraine relations

Ukraine recognized the Republic of Montenegro on June 15, 2006. Both countries established diplomatic relations on August 22, 2006.
The Ukrainian embassy in Belgrade (Serbia) is accredited as a non resident embassy to Montenegro.
In 2008, both countries indicated an intent to open resident embassies.

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|||1 April 1992

Ukraine has an embassy in The Hague.

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|20 April 1995

Ukraine has an embassy and an honorary consulate in Oslo.

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|||4 January 1992 Various controversies from their shared history occasionally resurface in Polish–Ukrainian relations, but they do not have a major influence on the bilateral relations of Poland and Ukraine.

Both countries share a border of about 529 km. Poland's acceptance of the Schengen Agreement created problems with the Ukrainian border traffic. On July 1, 2009, an agreement on local border traffic between the two country's came into effect. This agreement enables Ukrainian citizens living in border regions to cross the Polish frontier according to a liberalized procedure.

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|||27 January 1992

There are between 40,000 and 150,000 Ukrainians living in Portugal.

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|||1 February 1992||See Russia–Ukraine relations

Established relations on February 14, 1992, Russia formerly had an embassy in Kyiv and consulates in Kharkiv, Lviv, Odesa and Simferopol. Ukraine had an embassy in Moscow and consulates in Rostov-on-Don, Saint Petersburg, Tyumen and Vladivostok. Relations between the two country's governments have been unfriendly since the presidency of Leonid Kuchma expired. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin allegedly declared at a NATO–Russia summit in 2008 that if Ukraine would join NATO his country could contend to annex the Ukrainian East and Crimea.

Many in Ukraine and beyond believe that Russia has periodically used its vast energy resources to bully its smaller, dependent neighbour, but the Russian Government argues instead that it is internal squabbling amongst Ukraine's political elite that is to blame for the deadlock. Later, Putin stated that the government of the Russian Federation respects the sovereignty of Ukraine, while several Russian parliamentarians as well some governors were urging the liquidation of Ukraine.

Starting in November 2013, the decision by Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych to back out of signing an integration agreement with the European Union started a period of civil unrest between Ukrainians who favored integration with the European Union and those who wanted closer ties with Russia, culminating in the Revolution of Dignity. Russia took advantage of this political instability to annex Crimea in March 2014, though Ukraine still claims sovereignty over the territory. Russia has also allegedly supported separatist forces in the war in Donbas. In December 2015, Russian hackers reportedly hacked Ukraine's power grids leading to a blackout and widespread terror. On 24 February 2022, Russia launched the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, which prompted Ukraine to break diplomatic ties with the country.

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|24 March 1995

|See San Marino–Ukraine relations

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|||15 April 1994

Ukraine has an embassy in Bratislava and a general consulate in Prešov.
The countries share 90 km of border.
There are between 40,000 and 100,000 people of Ukrainian descent living in Slovakia.
During the Interwar era the Ukrainian province Zakarpattia Oblast was part of Czechoslovakia.

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|||10 March 1992

Ukraine has an embassy in Ljubljana.
Both countries are full members of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.

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|||30 January 1992

Ukraine has an embassy in Madrid and a consulate-general in Barcelona and a consulate in Málaga.

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|||13 January 1992||See Sweden–Ukraine relations

Sweden has an embassy in Kyiv and an honorary consulate in Kakhovka.
Ukraine has an embassy in Stockholm.

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|||6 February 1992

Ukraine has an embassy in Bern.

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||| 10 January 1992||See Ukraine–United Kingdom relations

thumb|right|[[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|British Prime Minister Keir Starmer with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv, January 2025.]]

Ukraine established diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom on 10 January 1992.

Both countries share common membership of the Council of Europe, the European Court of Human Rights, the OSCE, a Trilateral Security Pact, the United Nations, and the World Trade Organization. Bilaterally the two countries have a Development Partnership, a Double Tax Convention, a Security Agreement, and a Political, Free Trade and Strategic Partnership Agreement.

Oceania

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|||10 January 1992

Australia has an embassy in Kyiv.

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|||17 September 1999

Relations only grew stronger following the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine. The Federated States of Micronesia severed diplomatic relations with Russia on 25 February 2022. "The FSM affirms its stalwart support of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the United Nations, who correctly condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The FSM supports the removal of the Russian Federation in its capacity as president of the United Nations Security Council; Russia remaining there is a façade, as they need to be upholding the international rules-based order instead of undermining it."

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|||3 March 1992

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|||27 September 2011

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|||29 September 1999