Germany–Ukraine relations

German-Ukrainian relations are foreign relations between Germany and Ukraine. Germany has an embassy in Kiev. Ukraine has an embassy in Berlin and 3 Consulates-General (in Frankfurt, Hamburg and Munich).

History

• 1918 - In the aftermath of the Brest-Litovsk Treaty, German troops occupy most of Ukraine, and are instrumental in Pavlo Skoropadskyi coup against the Ukrainian People's Republic (April 1918) and the establishment of the short-lived Ukrainian State.
• 1941-1944 - Nazi troops (with the help of Romanians, Italians, and Hungarians) occupy most of Soviet Ukraine; OUN's Ukrainian Insurgent Army alternates between fighting the Germans and accepting their help against the Soviets.
• 1944-1950s - surviving OUN leaders find refuge in the US occupation zone of Germany, which becomes home to many Ukrainian displaced persons
• 1953 - Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (then called "Radio Liberation") starts its operations in Munich, broadcasting to Ukraine in Ukrainian
• 1959 - Stepan Bandera killed in Munich by a Soviet agent

See also

• Foreign relations of Germany
• Foreign relations of Ukraine
• Ukrainian diaspora

External links

• German Foreign Ministry about relations with Ukraine
• German embassy in Kiev (in German and Ukrainian only)
• Ukrainian embassy in Berlin (in German and Ukrainian only)