The Embassy of Ukraine in Moscow was the chief

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in the

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. It was located at 18 Leontyevsky Lane () in Moscow. In March 2014, as a result of

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, Ukraine recalled its ambassador and Ukraine was represented by its temporary

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until the start of the

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on 24 February 2022. Ukraine severed diplomatic relations with Russia and evacuated its entire embassy personnel from Moscow that day. The embassy's personnel were officially welcomed to the Latvian capital,

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, on 4 March.

Ambassadors

*1992–94

Volodymyr Kryzhanivsky Voldoymyr Petrovych Kryzhanivsky (; born 24 January 1940) is a Ukrainian politician and diplomat who served as the first Ambassador of Ukraine to Russia from 1992 to 1994. Kryzhanivsky also served as a People's Deputy of Ukraine from 1990 to 199 ...

(Володимир Крижанівський) *1995–99Volodymyr G. Fedorov (Володимир Федоров) *1999–2005Mykola Biloblotsky (Микола Білоблоцький) *2005–06Leonid Osavolyuk (Леонід Осаволюк), ''Chargé d'Affaires ad interim'' *2006–08

Oleh Dyomin Oleh Oleksiyovych Domin (, ) is a former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Russian Federation, Ambassador of Ukraine to the People's Republic of China. Education He graduated from Kharkiv National University of R ...

(Олег Дьомін) *2008–10

Kostyantyn Gryshchenko Kostyantyn Ivanovych Gryshchenko (also spelled Hryshchenko; ; born 28 October 1953) is a Ukrainian diplomat and politician. Since Ukraine gained independence, Kostyantyn Gryshchenko has served in a succession of senior positions with respon ...

(Костянтин Грищенко) *2010–14

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(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

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(6 August 2016) Diplomatic relations between the countries were severed on 24 February 2022, following the beginning of the

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