Czechoslovak newspaper Svoboda, co-founded by Jaroslav Hašek, was issued in Kyiv in 1917 and Taganrog, capital of the Ukrainian Soviet Republic, in 1918.

[3] Immigration to the Czech Republic from Ukraine, primarily for economic reasons, began to grow significantly in the early 1990s following the end of the Cold War.

[5] This made Ukrainians the largest expatriate group within the Czech Republic, comprising 30% of the country's total international population.

[6] Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, the number of Ukrainians within the country increased drastically as thousands fled the war.

As of July 31, 2023, over 357,000 refugees from Ukraine have been given temporary protection status within the Czech Republic, making the country the third largest destination for Ukrainians in the European Union.