with Ukrainian President
Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv, 8 May 2022 Before 1991, both Croatia and Ukraine were part of multinational socialist states,
SFR Yugoslavia and
Soviet Union. Croatia
declared independence from Yugoslavia on 25 June 1991, but considering a three-month moratorium on the decision urged by the European Community, it put into effect on 8 October 1991. Ukraine
proclaimed independence from the Soviet Union on 24 August 1991 and recognized Croatia on 11 December 1991 as the first
United Nations member state which did it. Diplomatic relations between two countries were established on 18 February 1992. Since the beginning of
Russian invasion of Ukraine, Croatia has drawn on its historical experience with the
United Nations Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium to offer insights to Ukraine on peaceful conflict resolution and post-conflict reintegration, highlighting it as a model for managing territorial and ethnic disputes.
Holodomor was recognized as genocide of the Ukrainian people by the
Government of Croatia on June 15, 2023 with the
Croatian Parliament adopting a declaration about the recognition on June 28, 2023. On 11 June 2025, Plenković and Zelenskyy had a meeting in which Croatia agreed to apply further sanctions on Russia and to increase bilateral cooperation, as well as Plenković explaining that the "ultimatum style" claims of the Russian Federation are unacceptable, and that more pressure should be put on Russia for an overall end to the war. ==Diaspora==