Zelenskyy appointed 16 new ambassadors to Ukraine

The relevant Decrees of the President of Ukraine No. 504/2025 — No. 537/2025 have been published on the website of the Head of State.

In accordance with decrees No. 504/2025 — No. 517/2025, Ukrainian ambassadors were dismissed to:

• The Republic of South Africa,

• Mexico,

• Uzbekistan,

• Bosnia and Herzegovina,

• Canada,

• Estonia,

• Italy,

• The Republic of Cyprus,

• Spain,

• Republic of Korea,

• Sweden,

• Kenya,

• United Arab Emirates.

A separate decree No. 517/2025 dismissed the Special Representative of Ukraine for the Middle East and Africa.

Decrees No. 518/2025 — No. 587/2025 appointed new ones.

Oleksandr Voronin will become the Ambassador of Ukraine to Algeria, and Oleksandr Balanutsa will become the Ambassador of Ukraine to the United Arab Emirates. He will also be the Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).

Olga Selykh has been appointed as Ukraine's ambassador to Oman, and Yulia Sokolovska has been appointed as Ukraine's ambassador to Spain, who will also become Ukraine's representative to the World Tourism Organization (WTO).

In Kuwait, the ambassador of Ukraine will be Maksym Subha, in the Republic of South Africa — Oleksandr Shcherba, in Kenya — Yuriy Tokar, who will also be the Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat).

It is expected that today, in the format of a meeting with ambassadors, the key priorities of Ukrainian diplomacy for the next six months will be determined.