During the period of the visa regime between Ukraine and Russia, only 12 Russians received Ukrainian visas. This was reported to Meduza by a source close to the Ukrainian leadership.
This data is as of the end of 2022. Ukraine introduced a visa regime for Russian citizens from July 1, 2022.
According to a Meduza source, Ukraine does not issue visas to Russians with extremely rare exceptions, for example, if the applicant has close relatives in Ukraine.
In November 2022, Ukraine suspended consideration of Russian applications for a temporary or permanent residence permit (except for certain categories) until the end of martial law declared in Ukraine after the start of the war.
Even before the full-scale invasion of Russia, a petition was created on the website of the President of Ukraine , which proposed to prohibit or restrict Russian citizens from entering the country.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in mid-2022 that visas were being introduced “as part of countering unprecedented threats to national security.”
source: meduza