Entering Ukraine as a Ukrainian born, naturalised British citizen

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I am an Ukrainian citizen.

I didn't have such an experience nor people I know had but I can refer to the legal document.

The Law of Ukraine "On Citizenship of Ukraine" regulates your question.

There is an article 2(стаття 2) in this law, which constitutes that in Ukraine there is no such thing as multiple citizenship, you must not and cannot have a citizenship in order to acquire Ukrainian one.

In article 19(стаття 19), it is said that effectively you are losing Ukrainian citizenship the moment you acquire a citizenship of other country if it is done voluntary and you are an adult(your age is above 18). Thus you, effectively, was a Ukrainian citizen by birthplace(cause you have a birth certificate) until you have accepted the British citizenship. Another sidenote, it wouldn't be considered voluntary if you didn't receive a document that justifies that.

Even if you had Ukrainian citizenship, it would have been much much tougher to enter EU from UK with Ukrainian citizenship than Ukraine itself and back. Ukraine ain't some African country, if you are Ukrainian in Ukraine you can leave the country if you have required documents for leaving to some country(e.g visa to UK) as all civilized countries do.

That said, you are just another British citizen which enters Ukraine. Given you didn't commit any crimes in Ukraine which remained unanswered AND you have a valid type of visa of your choice with all required prerequisites and conditions met - you should be absolutely fine.

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