[1] Ambassadors are appointed and dismissed by the President of Ukraine, typically on the recommendation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Since the start of the ambassadorship to the U.S., individuals holding the position have also typically been co-accredited as the head Ukrainian diplomat to multiple small neighboring countries as well as some international organizations such as the OAS.

[7][full citation needed] Following Holitsynsky's reassignment, Ukrainian politician and writer Yulian Bachynsky[8] who had previously served as part of the mission staff was appointed acting head before the mission was dissolved by the UPR government due to significant financial strain as it soon after went into exile when the country's territory was divided between the Second Polish Republic and the pro-Soviet Russian states of Soviet Belarus and Soviet Ukraine in the Treaty of Riga, signed on 18 March 1921.

[17] Following a national referendum in favor of independence and the country's signing of the Belovezha Accords, which formally dissolved the Soviet Union,[17] the United States recognized Ukraine on 25 December 1991.

[18] After the U.S.'s recognition and the start of bilateral relations on 3 January 1992,[19] Ukrainian diplomat Sergiy Kulyk served as the Chargé d'Affaires of the Ukrainian diplomatic mission as it established itself in its embassy in Washington, D.C.[20] On 3 June 1992, Ukrainian politician and professor Oleh Bilorus was appointed by President Leonid Kravchuk as the first ambassador to the U.S.[21][22][23] Since Bilorus left the position on 12 September 1994,[24] nine individuals have been appointed as ambassadors to the U.S.[19][25] The longest-serving ambassador is Oleksandr Motsyk, who represented Ukraine from 11 June 2010 to 14 April 2015,[26][27][28] while the shortest tenure as an ambassador is held by Anton Buteyko, who served from 18 November 1998 to 24 December 1999.