The Embassy of Ukraine in Moscow was the chief
diplomatic mission
A diplomatic mission or foreign mission is a group of people from a state or organization present in another state to represent the sending state or organization officially in the receiving or host state. In practice, the phrase usually den ...
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 ...
in the
Russian Federation
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. It was located at 18 Leontyevsky Lane (russian: Леонтьевский переулок, 18) in Moscow.
In March 2014, as a result of the
Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, Ukraine recalled its ambassador and Ukraine was represented by its temporary chargé d'affaires until the start of the
Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. An ...
on 24 February 2022.
[ Ukraine severed diplomatic relations with Russia and evacuated its entire embassy personnel from Moscow that day.]
Ambassadors
*1992–94Volodymyr Kryzhanivsky (Володимир Крижанівський)
*1995–99Volodymyr G. Fedorov (Володимир Федоров)
*1999–2005Mykola Biloblotsky (Микола Білоблоцький)
*2005–06Leonid Osavolyuk (Леонід Осаволюк), ''Chargé d'Affaires ad interim''
*2006–08Oleh Dyomin
Oleh Oleksiyovych Domin ( uk, Олег Олексійович Дьомін, russian: Олег Алексеевич Дёмин) (born 4 August 1947 in Lopatino, Tula Oblast) is a former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to th ...
(Олег Дьомін)
*2008–10Kostyantyn Gryshchenko
Kostyantyn Ivanovich Gryshchenko (also spelled Hryshchenko; Ukrainian: Костянтин Іванович Грищенко; Russian: Константин Иванович Грищенко; born 28 October 1953) is a Ukrainian diplomat and pol ...
(Костянтин Грищенко)
*2010–14Volodymyr Yelchenko
Volodymyr Yuriyevich Yelchenko ( uk, Володимир Юрійович Єльченко; born June 27, 1959 in Kyiv, in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union) is a Ukrainian diplomat. His latest post was the Ambassador of Ukraine to the United S ...
(Володимир Єльченко)
*2015–19Ruslan Nimchynskyy (Руслан Німчинський), ''Chargé d'Affaires ad interim''
*2019–22Vasyl Pokotylo (Василь Покотило), ''Chargé d'Affaires ad interim''
In March 2014 Ukraine recalled its ambassador and Ukraine was represented by its temporary chargé d'affaires until 24 February 2022.[Ukraine's diplomat: Non-approval of Russia's ambassador doesn't mean full diplomatic break]
UNIAN
The UNIAN or Ukrainian Independent Information Agency of News ( uk, Українське Незалежне Інформаційне Агентство Новин, УНІАН, translit=Ukrayins'ke Nezalezhne Informatsiyne Ahentstvo Novyn) is a ...
(6 August 2016)
See also
*Russia–Ukraine relations
There are no diplomatic or bilateral relations between Ukraine and Russia. The two countries have been in a state of war since 24 February 2022. Following the Ukrainian Revolution of Dignity in 2014, Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula was occupied by ...
*Diplomatic missions in Russia
This is a list of diplomatic missions in Russia. As the world's largest country, and a major great power, as well as a potential superpower, the Russian Federation is a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, and is the primary ...
*Diplomatic missions of Ukraine
This is a list of diplomatic missions of Ukraine.
Honorary consulates and trade offices are excluded from this listing.
Current missions Africa
Americas
Asia
Europe
Oceania
Multilateral organizations
Gallery
File:Embas ...
* Embassy of Russia in Kyiv
References
External links
Embassy of Ukraine in Moscow
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 ...
Moscow
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 millio ...
Russia–Ukraine relations
Cultural heritage monuments of federal significance in Moscow
Defunct diplomatic missions
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