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A number of foreign leaders have visited Ukraine during the Russian invasion, meeting with the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and other officials, and visiting areas around the country. This list only includes heads of state and government that visited Ukraine while serving as the head of state or government.

List

Volodymyr Zelenskyy meeting with Prime Minister of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki, Deputy Prime Minister of Poland Jarosław Kaczyński, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Petr Fiala and Prime Minister of Slovenia Janez Janša on March 15, 2022
Volodymyr Zelenskyy meeting with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on July 11, 2022
Volodymyr Zelenskyy meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on August 18, 2022
Volodymyr Zelenskyy meeting with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on November 19, 2022
Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Prime Minister of Sweden Ulf Kristersson made speeches in Kyiv on February 15, 2023
US President Joe Biden visited Kyiv on February 20, 2023
Volodymyr Zelenskyy meeting with Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin on March 10, 2023
Prime Minister of Japan Fumio Kishida arriving by train in Kyiv on March 21, 2023
Portugal President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa visited Kyiv on August 23, 2023
State Head of state and/or government Date(s) of visit(s) Details of visit(s) References
Albania Albania Edi Rama June 15, 2022 [1]
Australia Australia Anthony Albanese July 3, 2022 [2]
Austria Austria Karl Nehammer April 9, 2022 Nehammer was the first leader of a neutral country to visit Ukraine during the invasion. Two days later, he became the first European leader to visit Russia during the invasion. [3]
Alexander Van der Bellen February 1, 2023 [4]
Belgium Belgium Alexander De Croo November 26, 2022 [5]
Bulgaria Bulgaria Kiril Petkov April 28, 2022 [6]
Canada Canada Justin Trudeau May 8, 2022 Trudeau was the first non-European leader to visit Ukraine during the invasion. [7]
June 10, 2023 [8]
Croatia Croatia Andrej Plenković May 8, 2022 [9]
March 31, 2023 [10]
Czech Republic Czech Republic Petr Fiala March 15, 2022 [11]
October 31, 2022 [12]
Petr Pavel April 28, 2023 [13]
Comoros Comoros Azali Assoumani June 16, 2023 [14]
Denmark Denmark Mette Frederiksen April 21, 2022 [15]
January 30, 2023 [16]
Egypt Egypt Mostafa Madbouly June 16, 2023 [14]
Estonia Estonia Alar Karis April 13, 2022 [17]
June 2, 2023 [18]
Kaja Kallas April 24, 2023 [19]
Finland Finland Sanna Marin May 26, 2022 [20]
March 10, 2023 [21]
Sauli Niinistö January 24, 2023 [22][23]
Petteri Orpo August 23, 2023 [24]
France France Emmanuel Macron June 16, 2022 [25]
Germany Germany Olaf Scholz June 16, 2022 [25]
Frank-Walter Steinmeier October 25, 2022 [26][27]
Greece Greece Katerina Sakellaropoulou November 3, 2022 [28]
Guatemala Guatemala Alejandro Giammattei July 25, 2022 Giammattei was the first Latin American leader to visit Ukraine during the invasion. [29]
Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau Umaro Sissoco Embaló October 26, 2022 Embaló, who is also Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), was the first African leader to visit Ukraine during the invasion. [30]
Hungary Hungary Katalin Novak November 26, 2022 [5]
August 22, 2023 [31]
Iceland Iceland Katrín Jakobsdóttir March 14, 2023 [32]
Indonesia Indonesia Joko Widodo June 29, 2022 Jokowi was the first Asian leader to visit Ukraine during the invasion. On June 30, he met with Vladimir Putin in Moscow.[33] [33]
Republic of Ireland Ireland Micheál Martin July 6, 2022 [34]
Leo Varadkar July 19, 2023 [35]
Italy Italy Mario Draghi June 16, 2022 [25]
Giorgia Meloni February 21, 2023 [36]
Japan Japan Fumio Kishida March 21, 2023 [37][38]
Latvia Latvia Egils Levits April 13, 2022 [17]
September 9, 2022 [39]
March 3, 2023 [40]
Krišjānis Kariņš March 16, 2023 [41]
Lithuania Lithuania Ingrida Šimonytė November 26, 2022 [5]
Gitanas Nausėda April 13, 2022 [17]
July 28, 2022 [42]
January 11, 2023 [43]
June 28, 2023 [44]
Luxembourg Luxembourg Xavier Bettel June 21, 2022 [45]
Moldova Moldova Maia Sandu June 27, 2022 [46]
March 31, 2023 [47]
Natalia Gavrilița December 6, 2022 [48]
Montenegro Montenegro Dritan Abazović June 15, 2022 [1]
Netherlands Netherlands Mark Rutte July 11, 2022 [49]
February 17, 2023 [50]
Norway Norway Jonas Gahr Støre July 1, 2022 [51]
Poland Poland Mateusz Morawiecki March 15, 2022 [11]
June 1, 2022 [52]
September 9, 2022 [39]
November 26, 2022 [5]
February 24, 2023 [53]
July 7, 2023 [54]
Andrzej Duda April 13, 2022 [17][55]
May 22, 2022
August 23, 2022
January 11, 2023
June 28, 2023 [44]
Donald Tusk January 22, 2024 [56]
Portugal Portugal António Costa May 21, 2022 [57]
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa August 23, 2023 [58]
Qatar Qatar Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani July 28, 2023 [59]
Romania Romania Nicolae Ciucă April 26, 2022 [60]
Klaus Iohannis June 16, 2022 [25]
Senegal Senegal Macky Sall June 16, 2023 [14]
Slovakia Slovakia Eduard Heger April 8, 2022 [61]
March 31, 2023 [10]
Zuzana Čaputová May 31, 2022 [62]
April 28, 2023 [13]
Slovenia Slovenia Janez Janša March 15, 2022 [11]
Robert Golob March 31, 2023 [10]
South Africa South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa June 16, 2023 [14]
South Korea South Korea Yoon Suk Yeol July 15, 2023 [63]
Spain Spain Pedro Sánchez April 21, 2022 [15]
February 23, 2023 [64]
July 1, 2023 [65]
Sweden Sweden Magdalena Andersson July 4, 2022 [66]
Ulf Kristersson February 15, 2023 [67]
Switzerland Switzerland Ignazio Cassis October 20, 2022 [68]
Alain Berset November 25, 2023 [69]
Turkey Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan August 18, 2022 [70]
United Kingdom United Kingdom Boris Johnson April 9, 2022 [71]
June 17, 2022 [72]
August 24, 2022 [73]
Rishi Sunak November 19, 2022 [74][75]
January 12, 2024 [76]
United States United States Joe Biden February 20, 2023 [77][78][79]
Zambia Zambia Hakainde Hichilema June 16, 2023 [14]

See also

References

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