Germany–Ukraine relations

Germany–Ukraine relations

Germany	Ukraine
Diplomatic Mission
Embassy of Germany, Kiev	Embassy of Ukraine, Berlin
Envoy
Ambassador Ernst Reichel	Ambassador Andriy Melnyk

Germany–Ukraine relations are foreign relations between Germany and Ukraine. Diplomatic relations between Ukraine and Germany originally were established in 1918 as between Ukrainian People's Republic and German Empire, but were discontinued soon thereafter due to occupation of Ukraine by the Red Army. Current relations were resumed in 1989 at a consulate level, and in 1992 as full-scale diplomatic mission.

History

• 1918 - In the aftermath of the Brest-Litovsk Treaty, German troops provided military assistance to Ukraine against the Soviet Russia; German military administration was instrumental in Pavlo Skoropadskyi coup against the Ukrainian People's Republic (April 1918) and the establishment of the short-lived Ukrainian State; the first German Ambassador to Ukraine was Alfons Mumm von Schwarzenstein; the first Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany was Oleksandr Sevriuk (as Chargé d'affaires) who was replaced with Teodor Shteingel.
• 1941-1944 - German troops (with the help of Italians, Romanians, and Hungarians) occupy most of Soviet Ukraine and portioning between General Government and Reichskommissariat 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

Diplomatic missions location

Germany has an embassy in Kiev and 1 Consulate-General in Donetsk (due to Russian aggression (War in Donbass) temporarily in Dnipro).^[1][2]

Ukraine has an embassy in Berlin and 3 Consulates-General in Frankfurt, Hamburg and Munich.

Head of missions (1917-1920s)

Germany

• 1917-18 Alfons Mumm von Schwarzenstein
• 1918-19 Johannes (Hans) Graf von Berchem

Ukraine

• 1918-18 Oleksandr Sevriuk (chargé d'affaires)
• 1918-18 Omelian Koziy (chargé d'affaires)
• 1918-18 Teodor Shteingel
• 1918-20 Mykola Porsh
• 1921-23 Roman Smal-Stocki
• 1923-23 Nikolaus von Wassilko (chargé d'affaires)

Soviets (representative of the Soviet government in Ukraine)

• 1921-23 Voldemar Aussem

See also

• Ukrainian diaspora
• Cold War II

References

1. Consulate-General in Donetsk. Embassy of Germany in Ukraine.
2. Consulate-General in Donetsk official website

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)