Embassy of Ukraine, Moscow explained

Embassy of Ukraine in Russia Посольство України в Росії
Address:	125009 Leontyevsky Pereulok, 18
Location:	Moscow, Russia
Coordinates:	55.7606°N 37.6057°W
Ambassador:	Post vacant since March 2014 Relations terminated on 24 February 2022

The Embassy of Ukraine in Moscow was the chief diplomatic mission of Ukraine in the Russian Federation. It was located at 18 Leontyevsky Lane (Russian: Леонтьевский переулок, 18) in Moscow.^[1]

In March 2014, as a result of Russia's annexation of Crimea, 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. Ukraine severed diplomatic relations with Russia and evacuated its entire embassy personnel from Moscow that day.^[2] The embassy's personnel were officially welcomed to the Latvian capital, Riga, on 4 March.^{[3] [4]}

Ambassadors

See main article: article and Ambassador of Ukraine to Russia.

• 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 (Олег Дьомін)
• 2008–10Kostyantyn Gryshchenko (Костянтин Грищенко)
• 2010–14Volodymyr Yelchenko (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.^{[5] [2]} Diplomatic relations between the countries were severed on 24 February 2022, following the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

See also

• Russia–Ukraine relations
• Diplomatic missions in Russia
• Diplomatic missions of Ukraine
• Embassy of Russia in Kyiv

External links

• Embassy of Ukraine in Moscow

Notes and References

1. Web site: ru:Посольство Украины . Embassy of Ukraine . Embassy of Ukraine in the Russian Federation. http://www.ukremb.ru/emb/. 2008-06-21. ru. https://web.archive.org/web/20080612195636/http://www.ukremb.ru/emb/. 2008-06-12. dead.
2. Web site: Ukrainian Foreign Ministry announces evacuation of embassy personnel from Moscow. Embassy of Ukraine in the Russian Federation. 2022-02-24. 2022-02-27.
3. Web site: lvportals.lv . Ārlietu ministrijas valsts sekretārs Rīgā uzņem līdzšinējo Ukrainas vēstniecības Maskavā pagaidu vadītāju . The State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs receives in Riga the current interim head of the Ukrainian Embassy in Moscow . 2022-03-16 . lvportals.lv . lv.
4. Web site: The Foreign Ministry's State Secretary welcomes to Riga the former temporary head of mission at the Ukrainian Embassy in Moscow Ārlietu ministrija . 2022-03-16 . www.mfa.gov.lv . en.
5. http://www.unian.info/politics/1455996-ukraines-diplomat-non-approval-of-russias-ambassador-doesnt-mean-full-diplomatic-break.html Ukraine's diplomat: Non-approval of Russia's ambassador doesn't mean full diplomatic break