[citation needed] Since 1922, Ukraine was part of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) under communist control, which restricted most religious institutions.

[9] The president of the Austria Vienna East Mission, Howard L. Biddulph, visited in June 1991 and Ukraine's first branch was organized in Kyiv with 40 members.

In September of that year, Boyd K. Packer and Dallin H. Oaks of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles visited, so that Packer could dedicate the nation for missionary preaching, and the LDS Church was officially registered with the Ukrainian government.

[20] In February 2022, the temple was closed, due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but reopened on October 16 of the same year.

[21][22][23] As of February 2022, the following stakes and districts were located in Ukraine:[24] In the mid-1990s some church members moved to Moldova for work and started conducting meetings.

Charles A. Didier, of the Seventy, along with Robert F. Orton, president of the Romania Bucharest Mission, met with members in Chisinau, Moldova in September 1997.

The first missionaries arrived shortly after but couldn't openly proselyte and relied on member referrals.