TY - JOUR TI - German policy towards the proclamation of Ukrainian independence and its aftermath in the last decade of the 20th century AU - Siekierka, Michał TI - German policy towards the proclamation of Ukrainian independence and its aftermath in the last decade of the 20th century AB - The purpose of the paper is to show the most important dimensions which shaped the German-Ukrainian relations in the year 1991 and and the rest of the 90s. Nature of these relationships remained asymmetric. There is no doubt that good relations with Russia were a priority for Germany in the 1990s compared to the former Soviet republics. The reasons for this can be found in many factors: political, economic and historical. The German-Ukrainian relations were strongly determined the German-Russian relations which were the main point of reference for Berlin’s eastern policy. VL - 2022 IS - Volume 16 PY - 2022 SN - 2082-7695 C1 - 2720-0825 SP - 376 EP - 393 DO - 10.4467/20827695WSC.22.022.16771 UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/wschodnioznawstwo/article/polityka-niemiec-w-stosunku-do-proklamacji-ukrainskiej-niepodleglosci-i-jej-nastepstwa-w-ostatniej-dekadzie-xx-w KW - Germany KW - Ukraine KW - eastern Germany policy in the 1990s