Relationship dossier
Ukraine
Yemen
Relationship assessment
Humanitarian food assistance and a UN vote mark modest cooperation between Ukraine and Yemen
Ukraine toward Yemen
+15Ukraine provided humanitarian wheat assistance to Yemen through the Grain from Ukraine initiative, working with the World Food Programme.
Yemen toward Ukraine
+10Yemen voted in favor of the UN General Assembly resolution condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 2 March 2022.
Overall relationship
+10The relationship features limited but concrete cooperation, particularly Ukraine’s humanitarian food assistance to Yemen and Yemen’s support for a UN resolution condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The broader scope and durability of bilateral engagement are unclear.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Ukraine has provided humanitarian food assistance to Yemen through the Grain from Ukraine initiative, including wheat delivered with World Food Programme support. Yemen voted in favor of the UN General Assembly resolution condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in March 2022. These concrete actions indicate modest cooperation, although the wider bilateral relationship is low-profile.
Key developments
Yemen voted in favor of the UN General Assembly resolution condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Ukraine provided wheat assistance to Yemen through the Grain from Ukraine initiative with World Food Programme support.
Major uncertainties
- The scope of other bilateral agreements and government cooperation is unclear.
- Details of Yemen’s subsequent policy toward Ukraine are limited.