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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.[2]
| Embassy of Ukraine in Russia Посольство України в Росії | |
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| Location | Moscow, Russia |
| Address | 125009 Leontyevsky Pereulok, 18 |
| Coordinates | 55°45′38″N 37°36′21″E / 55.7606°N 37.6057°E |
| Ambassador | Post vacant since March 2014[1] Relations terminated on 24 February 2022 |
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.[1] Ukraine severed diplomatic relations with Russia and evacuated its entire embassy personnel from Moscow that day.[3] The embassy's personnel were officially welcomed to the Latvian capital, Riga, on 4 March.[4][5]
Ambassadors
edit- 1992–94 – Volodymyr Kryzhanivsky (Володимир Крижанівський)
- 1995–99 – Volodymyr G. Fedorov (Володимир Федоров)
- 1999–2005 – Mykola Biloblotsky (Микола Білоблоцький)
- 2005–06 – Leonid Osavolyuk (Леонід Осаволюк), Chargé d'Affaires ad interim
- 2006–08 – Oleh Dyomin (Олег Дьомін)
- 2008–10 – Kostyantyn Gryshchenko (Костянтин Грищенко)
- 2010–14 – Volodymyr Yelchenko (Володимир Єльченко)
- 2015–19 – Ruslan Nimchynskyy (Руслан Німчинський), Chargé d'Affaires ad interim
- 2019–22 – Vasyl 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.[1][3] Diplomatic relations between the countries were severed on 24 February 2022, following the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Ukraine's diplomat: Non-approval of Russia's ambassador doesn't mean full diplomatic break, UNIAN (6 August 2016)
- ^ Посольство Украины [Embassy of Ukraine] (in Russian). Embassy of Ukraine in the Russian Federation. Archived from the original on 2008-06-12. Retrieved 2008-06-21.
- ^ a b c "Ukrainian Foreign Ministry announces evacuation of embassy personnel from Moscow". Embassy of Ukraine in the Russian Federation. 2022-02-24. Retrieved 2022-02-27.
- ^ 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]. lvportals.lv (in Latvian). Retrieved 2022-03-16.
- ^ "The Foreign Ministry's State Secretary welcomes to Riga the former temporary head of mission at the Ukrainian Embassy in Moscow | Ārlietu ministrija". www.mfa.gov.lv. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
External links
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