Ukraine has established diplomatic relations with numerous countries. Ukraine began moving towards independence from the Soviet Union with the Declaration of State Sovereignty of Ukraine on 16 July 1990. The ratification of Act of Declaration of Independence of Ukraine on 24 August 1991, by the Verkhovna Rada reestablished Ukrainian independence after the 1941 declaration of independence.
Two days after the 1991 Ukrainian independence referendum, neighboring Hungary became the first country to establish diplomatic relations with Ukraine on 3 December 1991, and Ukraine has since then established diplomatic relations with 183 of the 193 United Nations member countries, the Holy See, the State of Palestine, and the Sovereign Order of Malta.
By 2019, Ukraine had not suspended any diplomatic relations but relations with Russia and Syria were only nominal. Diplomatic relations with Russia were eventually cut on 24 February 2022, as a response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Diplomatic relations with Syria were cut on 30 June 2022, but were restored on 24 September 2025. Diplomatic relations with North Korea were cut on 13 July 2022. Diplomatic relations with Mali were cut on 4 August 2024. Diplomatic relations with Niger were cut on 6 August 2024. Diplomatic relations with Nicaragua were cut on 2 October 2025.
Chronological list List of countries which Ukraine maintains diplomatic relations with: # Country Date 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 — (suspended) 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 — 41 42 43 44 — (suspended) 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 — (suspended) 101 — (suspended) 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 — (suspended) 158 159 — 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 — 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181182183
No relations Sovereign states which do not maintain diplomatic relations with Ukraine:
(Since 4 August 2024)
(since 2 October 2025) (Since 6 August 2024) (Since 13 July 2022) (Since 24 February 2022)
See also Foreign relations of Ukraine
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