Editing Foreign relations of Ukraine (section)

== Bilateral security agreements ==
[[File:Long-term bilateral security agreements of Ukraine since 2024.svg|thumb|Long-term bilateral security agreements of Ukraine since 2024.
{{legend|#0000ff|[[Ukraine]]}}
{{legend|#ff0000|[[Russia|Russian Federation]] (has been [[Russo-Ukrainian War|invading Ukraine since 2014]]; [[Russian invasion of Ukraine|full-scale invasion since 24 February 2022]])}}
{{legend|#008000|States having signed long-term bilateral security agreements with Ukraine since 2024 <small>(''including'' [[United States]], [[Canada]], [[Japan]]; not on map)</small>}}
{{legend|#aade97|[[Member states of the European Union|EU member states]] indirectly included in the 27 June 2024 long-term bilateral security agreement between the [[European Union]] and Ukraine}}]]
In early 2024, following the 24 February 2022 [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]], a number of allies of Ukraine signed long-term bilateral security treaties with Ukraine for many years to come (often a period of 10 years).<ref name="Lorenz">{{Cite web |title=Bilateral Security Agreements with Ukraine Present Opportunities and Challenges |author=Wojciech Lorenz |work=Polish Institute of International Affairs |date=26 February 2024 |access-date=16 March 2024 |url= https://www.pism.pl/publications/bilateral-security-agreements-with-ukraine-present-opportunities-and-challenges |language=pl}}</ref> They resulted from a declaration by the G7 countries at a NATO Summit in Washington on 12 July 2023, concluding the establishment of a framework of bilateral security agreements of long-term military, materiel and economic support for Ukraine's defence.
<ref name="Lorenz"/> The bilateral agreements prioritised strengthening Ukrainian air defence systems, artillery, long-range strike capabilities, armour, and combat aviation to fend off Russian military aggression.<ref name="Lorenz"/>
* 12 January 2024: The [[United Kingdom]] signed a 10-year bilateral security cooperation agreement with Ukraine.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-britain-sign-security-agreement-kyiv-2024-01-12/ |title=Ukraine and Britain sign security agreement in Kyiv |author= |work=Reuters |publisher= |date=12 January 2024 |access-date=16 March 2024 |language= }}</ref>
* 16 February 2024: [[France]] and [[Germany]] signed 10-year bilateral security cooperation agreements with Ukraine.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ukraine signs French security pact after similar agreement with Germany |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/16/ukraine-signs-french-security-pact-after-similar-agreement-with-germany |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-16 |title=Germany and Ukraine sign security agreement |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-and-ukraine-sign-security-agreement-scholz-zelenskyy/ |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=POLITICO |language=en-GB}}</ref>
* 23 February 2024: [[Denmark]] signed a 10-year bilateral security cooperation agreement with Ukraine.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brzozowski |first=Alexandra |date=2024-02-24 |title=Ukraine and Denmark sign 10-year security agreement |url=https://www.euractiv.com/section/europe-s-east/news/ukraine-and-denmark-sign-10-year-security-agreement/ |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=www.euractiv.com |language=en-GB}}</ref>
* 24 February 2024: [[Canada]] and [[Italy]] signed 10-year bilateral security cooperation agreements with Ukraine.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wark |first=Wesley |date=2024-03-03 |title=Canada's new 10-year security deal with Ukraine |url=https://wesleywark.substack.com/p/canadas-new-10-year-security-deal |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=Wesley Wark’s National Security and Intelligence Newsletter}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Ukraine and Italy sign bilateral security agreement, Zelenskiy says |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-italy-sign-bilateral-security-agreement-zelenskiy-says-2024-02-24/ }}</ref>
Since then, another 30 countries have announced that they were ready to sign such long-term bilateral security agreements with Ukraine as well and are currently negotiating to do so.<ref name="Lorenz"/> As of October 2024, parties negotiating long-term bilateral security agreements with Ukraine included [[Montenegro]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=Ukraine, Montenegro in talks for new bilateral security agreement |url=https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-starts-negotiations-with-montenegro-on-bilateral-security-agreement/ |access-date=2024-08-31 |website=The Kyiv Independent |language=en}}</ref> and [[South Korea]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://tsn.ua/en/ato/negotiations-on-a-security-agreement-with-another-country-have-begun-2535892.html |title=Negotiations on a security agreement with another country have begun |author= |work=TSN |date=15 March 2024 |access-date=16 March 2024}}</ref> 28 countries as well as the European Union had already concluded bilateral security treaties with Ukraine.<ref name="Dutch Defence"/>
* 1 March 2024: The [[Netherlands]] signed a 10-year bilateral security cooperation agreement with Ukraine.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://interfax.com/newsroom/top-stories/100042/ |title=Netherlands, Ukraine sign 10-year security cooperation agreement |author= |work=Interfax |publisher= |date=1 March 2024 |access-date=16 March 2024 |language= }}</ref><ref name="Dutch Defence">{{Cite web |author= |date=1 March 2024 |title=The Netherlands to donate watercraft to Ukraine |url=https://english.defensie.nl/latest/news/2024/03/01/the-netherlands-to-donate-watercraft-to-ukraine |access-date=16 March 2024 |work=Ministry of Defence of the Netherlands |publisher=}}</ref>
* 3 April 2024: [[Finland]] signed a 10-year bilateral security cooperation agreement with Ukraine.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-03 |title=Finland and Ukraine sign long-term security agreement |url=https://www.euronews.com/2024/04/03/finland-and-ukraine-sign-long-term-security-agreement |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=euronews |language=en}}</ref>
* 11 April 2024: [[Latvia]] signed a 10-year bilateral security agreement with Ukraine.<ref>Ukraine and Latvia sign security agreement, Zelenskiy says</ref>
* 27 May 2024: [[Spain]] signed a 10-year bilateral security cooperation agreement with Ukraine.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-27 |title=Ukraine gets €1B in arms and security pact with Spain |url=https://www.politico.eu/article/spain-signs-security-agreement-with-ukraine/ |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=POLITICO |language=en-GB}}</ref>
* 28 May 2024: [[Belgium]] and [[Portugal]] signed 10-year bilateral security cooperation agreements with Ukraine.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-28 |title=Zelensky arrives in Portugal, signs bilateral security deal |url=https://kyivindependent.com/zelensky-arrives-in-portugal-to-sign-bilateral-security-deal/ |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=The Kyiv Independent |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Belgium, Ukraine sign security agreement |url=https://tass.com/world/1794383 |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=TASS}}</ref>
* 31 May 2024: [[Sweden]], [[Norway]] and [[Iceland]] signed 10-year bilateral security cooperation agreements with Ukraine.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-31 |title=Ukraine, Sweden sign long-term security agreement |url=https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-and-sweden-sign-bilateral-security-agreement/ |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=The Kyiv Independent |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-31 |title=Ukraine, Iceland sign long-term security agreement |url=https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-iceland-sign-long-term-security-agreement/ |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=The Kyiv Independent |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-06-01 |title=Sweden, Norway ink long-term security deals with Ukraine |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/sweden-norway-ink-long-term-security-deals-with-ukraine/articleshow/110603685.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2024-06-14 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389}}</ref>
* 13 June 2024: The [[United States]] and [[Japan]] signed 10-year bilateral security cooperation agreements with Ukraine.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kestler-D'Amours |first=Jillian |title=G7 summit updates: US, Ukraine sign 10-year security pact including F-16s |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/13/g7-summit-live-news-leaders-arrive-in-italy-for-three-days-of-talks |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ninivaggi |first=Gabriele |date=2024-06-14 |title=Japan locks in support for Ukraine with nonbinding security agreement |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/14/japan/politics/g7-japan-ukraine-security-agreement/ |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=The Japan Times |language=en}}</ref>
* 27 June 2024: [[Estonia]], [[Lithuania]] and the [[European Union]] signed 10-year bilateral security cooperation agreements with Ukraine.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-27 |title=Ukraine signs security agreements with Lithuania and Estonia |url=https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3879486-ukraine-signs-security-agreements-with-lithuania-and-estonia.html |access-date=2024-06-27 |website=www.ukrinform.net |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-27 |title=Ukraine signs long-term security deals with Estonia, Lithuania |url=https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-signs-long-term-security-deals-with-estonia-lithuania/ |access-date=2024-06-27 |website=The Kyiv Independent |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-27 |title=Ukraine, EU sign security pacts in Brussels |url=https://www.firstpost.com/world/ukraine-eu-sign-security-pacts-in-brussels-13786844.html |access-date=2024-06-28 |website=Firstpost |language=en-us}}</ref>
* 8 July 2024: [[Poland]] signed a 10-year bilateral security cooperation agreement with Ukraine.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-08 |title=Poland, Ukraine sign security agreement |url=https://kyivindependent.com/poland-ukraine-sign-security-agreement/ |access-date=2024-07-08 |website=The Kyiv Independent |language=en}}</ref>
* 10 July 2024: [[Luxembourg]] signed a 10-year bilateral security cooperation agreement with Ukraine.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-11 |title=Ukraine and Luxembourg sign security agreement |url=https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-and-luxembourg-sign-security-agreement/ |access-date=2024-07-11 |website=The Kyiv Independent |language=en}}</ref>
* 11 July 2024: [[Romania]] signed a 10-year bilateral security cooperation agreement with Ukraine.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-11 |title=Ukraine and Romania signed bilateral agreement on security |url=https://www.1lurer.am/en/2024/07/11/Ukraine-and-Romania-signed-bilateral-agreement-on-security/1155924 |access-date=2024-07-11 |website=www.1lurer.am |language=en}}</ref>
* 18 July 2024: [[Czech Republic]] and [[Slovenia]] signed 10-year bilateral security cooperation agreements with Ukraine.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-18 |title=Ukraine, Slovenia sign security agreement |url=https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polytics/3886633-ukraine-slovenia-sign-security-agreement.html |access-date=2024-07-18 |website=www.ukrinform.net |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-18 |title=Ukraine and Czechia sign defence agreement in Britain |url=https://english.radio.cz/ukraine-and-czechia-sign-defence-agreement-britain-8823235 |access-date=2024-07-19 |website=Radio Prague International |language=en}}</ref>
* 4 September 2024: [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] signed a 10-year bilateral security cooperation agreement with Ukraine.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-04 |title=Ukraine, Ireland sign agreement on cooperation, support |url=https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-ireland-sign-agreement-on-cooperation-support/ |access-date=2024-09-06 |website=The Kyiv Independent |language=en}}</ref>
* 9 October 2024: [[Croatia]] signed a 10-year bilateral security cooperation agreement with Ukraine.<ref>https://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/spivpracya-mizh-opk-ta-pidtrimka-v-gumanitarnomu-rozminuvann-93737#:~:text=With%20this%20agreement%2C%20Croatia%20reaffirms,localization%20of%20projects%20in%20Ukraine.</ref>
* 17 October 2024: [[Greece]] signed a 10-year bilateral security and defense cooperation agreement with Ukraine, on the sidelines of the European Council in Brussels.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-17 |title=Greece, Ukraine sign security agreement in Brussels {{!}} eKathimerini.com |url=https://www.ekathimerini.com/politics/foreign-policy/1251210/greece-ukraine-bilateral-agreement-signed-in-brussels/ |access-date=2024-10-19 |website=www.ekathimerini.com |language=English}}</ref>
* 27 November 2024: The caretaker government of [[Bulgaria]] approved a 10-year bilateral security cooperation agreement with Ukraine.<ref>https://fakti.bg/en/bulgaria/930897-the-government-approved-the-security-agreement-with-ukraine</ref> The signing of the agreement was however postponed until an unspecified date in 2025,<ref name="Bulgaria1">{{Cite web|title=Updated: PM Glavchev Says It Would Be Best if Regular Cabinet Signed Agreement with Ukraine, but Awaits Parliament's Decision|url=https://www.bta.bg/en/news/bulgaria/803009-pm-glavchev-says-it-would-be-best-if-regular-cabinet-signed-agreement-with-ukrai|author1=Nikolay Jeliazkov|author2=Metodi Yordanov|date=19 December 2024|access-date=19 December 2024|website=BTA|language=en}}</ref><ref name="Bulgaria2">{{Cite web|title=National Assembly Chair Kiselova Refuses to Put Security Cooperation Agreement with Ukraine on Legislature’s Agenda|url=https://www.bta.bg/en/news/bulgaria/803028-national-assembly-chair-kiselova-refuses-to-include-security-cooperation-agreeme|author=Konstantin Karagyozov|date=19 December 2024|access-date=19 December 2024|website=BTA|language=en}}</ref><ref name="Bulgaria3">{{Cite web|title=PM Glavchev: President Zelensky Was Fully Understanding that We Will Not Sign Agreement without National Assembly Resolution|url=https://www.bta.bg/en/news/bulgaria/803343-pm-glavchev-president-zelensky-was-fully-understanding-that-we-will-not-sign-ag|author1=Petya Petrova|author2=Nikolay Zhelyazkov|date=19 December 2024|access-date=19 December 2024|website=BTA|language=en}}</ref> due to the largest Bulgarian party ([[GERB-SDS]]) only giving their approval for a subsequent (yet to be formed) [[October 2024 Bulgarian parliamentary election#First negotiation mandate|regular government]] to sign it, while they rejected the request to give approval for a caretaker government to sign it.<ref name="Bulgaria4">{{Cite web|title=Евроатлантизъм в действие: ГЕРБ срещу споразумение с Украйна в името на кабинет с БСП (обновена)|trans-title=Euro-Atlanticism in Action: GERB Against an Agreement with Ukraine in the Name of a Cabinet with the BSP (Updated)|url=https://www.mediapool.bg/evroatlantizam-v-deistvie-gerb-sreshtu-sporazumenie-s-ukraina-v-imeto-na-kabinet-s-bsp-obnovena-news366285.html|date=18 December 2024|access-date=18 December 2024|website=Mediapool|language=bg}}</ref><ref name="Bulgaria5">{{Cite web|title=PM Glavchev Seeks Mandate from Parliament to Sign Security Cooperation Agreement with Ukraine, Gets Mostly Negative Response|url=https://www.bta.bg/en/news/bulgaria/802806-pm-glavchev-seeks-mandate-from-parliament-to-sign-security-cooperation-agreement|author=Lyubomir Gigov|date=18 December 2024|access-date=18 December 2024|website=BTA|language=en}}</ref>
* 16 January 2025: [[United Kingdom]] signed a 100-year bilateral security cooperation agreement with Ukraine.<ref>{{Cite web |title=One Hundred Year Partnership agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Ukraine |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/one-hundred-year-partnership-agreement-between-the-united-kingdom-of-great-britain-and-northern-ireland-and-ukraine |access-date=2025-01-29 |website=GOV.UK |language=en}}</ref>
* 21 January 2025: [[Albania]] signed a 10-year bilateral security cooperation agreement with Ukraine.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-01-21 |title=Albania signs 10-year security cooperation agreement with Ukraine |url=https://kyivindependent.com/albania-signs-10-year-security-cooperation-agreement-with-ukraine/ |access-date=2025-01-29 |website=The Kyiv Independent |language=en}}</ref>