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The British Embassy Kyiv ( uk, Посольство Великої Британії в Києві) is the
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's
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to
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, representing the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom's interests. The embassy is located on Desyatynna street in the
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of the city, right opposite to the building of the
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. The British Ambassador to Ukraine is
Melinda Simmons Dame Melinda Veronica Simmons (born 1966) is a British diplomat, who serves as Ambassador of the United Kingdom in Ukraine since 2019. Early life and education Simmons, who is of Polish, Lithuanian and Ukrainian heritage, was born to Jewish ...
who was appointed in 2019.


History

The
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recognised the independence of
Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...
on 31 December 1991. Diplomatic relations were established on 10 January 1992. The United Kingdom opened a consulate-general in Kyiv in November 1991. This became an embassy in January 1992. The United Kingdom withdrew around half of all staff in the days following 24 January 2022 amid fears of a Russian invasion, according to a statement from the
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. This followed a similar slow withdrawal of Russian embassy staff and relatives of
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staff leaving Ukraine. On 20 April 2022, it was announced that the British Embassy in Kyiv would be reopening the following week. During 2022, 350
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from
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supported embassy diplomats in Ukraine.


See also

*
Ukraine–United Kingdom relations Relations between Ukraine and the United Kingdom have existed in one form or another since Ukrainian independence in 1991. The two countries have ties across political, military, social and economic spheres. The UK hosts up to 100,000 Ukrainian re ...
* List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Ukraine *
List of diplomatic missions in Ukraine This article lists diplomatic missions resident in Ukraine. At present, the capital city of Kyiv hosts 80 embassies. Several other countries have non-resident embassies accredited from other regional capitals, such as Berlin, Poznań and Warsaw. ...


References


External links


Embassy of the United Kingdom, Kyiv official website
Ukraine–United Kingdom relations
United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...
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