Germany–Ukraine relations
relations between the Federal Republic of Germany and Ukraine
Germany–Ukraine relations are foreign relations between the Federal Republic of 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. Germany supports Ukraine's European Union and NATO membership, and helps it to grow a "strong, climate-friendly economy".
History
1918–1990
In 1918, in the aftermath of the Brest-Litovsk Treaty, German troops provided military assistance to Ukraine against Soviet Russia. The 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, whereas the first Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany was Oleksandr Sevriuk (as Chargé d'affaires) who was replaced with Teodor Shteingel.
During World War II, German troops (with the help of Italians, Romanians, and Hungarians) occupied most of Soviet Ukraine (including Soviet-occupied southeastern Poland) from 1941 to 1944, portioning the territory between the General Government and Reichskommissariat Ukraine. OUN's Ukrainian Insurgent Army alternated between fighting the Germans and accepting their help against the Soviets. Herbert Backe formulated the Hunger Plan, intended to conduct large-scale confiscation of Ukrainian agricultural crops to feed the German military and civilians, and at the same time deliberately starve a sizeable portion of the Ukrainian population.
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