The National Rugby Federation of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Федерація регбі України, romanized: Federatsia rehbi Ukrainy) is the governing body for rugby union in Ukraine.

Ukraine made their international debut in 1991 against Georgia after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, losing the close game 15–19.

In 1996 Ukraine defeated Latvia 19–3; the match would be the start of a nine-match winning streak, which would be the longest thus far.

The late 1990s, Ukraine saw mixed results and defeated teams like Poland and the Czech Republic, but they lost games to the likes of their neighbours Russia, Georgia and Romania.

Ukraine played in the first division of 2005-06 European Nations Cup, the tournament where the best teams in Europe outside of the Six Nations and the tournament that also served as a qualifier for the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France.