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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:958px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/175672411926620240603-marcos-zelenskyy-malacanan-PPA-9.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a courtesy call at the Malacañang Palace on Monday, June 3, 2024. Kj Rosales, PPA pool/File"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a courtesy call at the Malacañang Palace on Monday, June 3, 2024. <em>Kj Rosales, PPA pool/File</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — The Ukraine Embassy in the Philippines guaranteed that Ukraine will fully back the Philippines’ bid for a non-permanent seat at the United Nations (UN) Security Council.</p><p>According to Ukraine’s first ever Ambassador to the Philippines Yuliia Fediv, Ukraine has always been grateful for the Philippines’ support in its ongoing war for independence against Russian invasion.</p><p>“We are thankful to the Philippines supporting us at the UN, and supporting and voting for resolutions regarding the Russian-Ukrainian war and maintaining the territorial integrity of Ukraine... we are reciprocally supporting the Philippines at the UN level,” Fediv said.</p><p>The Philippines is gunning for one of the ten non-permanent seats with a two-year term from 2027 to 2028. The next round of elections will be in June 2026.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/5/27/philippines-seeks-international-support-for-un-security-council-bid-1533">Philippines seeks international support for UN Security Council bid<br/></a></div><p>“Our growth as a country has allowed us to play significant roles in the global discourse on climate change, human rights, migration, regional stability and freedom in the seas amongst other issues. More than that, we have also expanded our diplomacy to include serving as consensus builders between and amongst nations on issues of international significance,” said Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. during the Independence Day Vin d’honneur in Malacañang Palace last June 12.</p><p>“We build bridges, not walls. We forge alliances that are based on mutual respect, reciprocity, and shared goals,” the President continued.</p><p>“Our candidature is anchored in our country’s legacy in multilateralism as evidenced by our history of forging cooperation and seeking peace. We earnestly hope to receive the support of your respective governments in that bid.”</p><p>The Philippines has consistently voted in favor of five UN resolutions on Ukraine reaffirming the country&#x27;s support for the sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence of Ukraine and other UN member states. </p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/6/12/marcos-jr-campaigns-for-ph-s-un-security-council-bid-2105">Marcos Jr. campaigns for PH’s UN Security Council bid</a></div><p>In June 2024, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited Manila to meet with Marcos Jr. and express gratitude for the Philippines&#x27; principled stance.</p><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:958px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/175672424958720240603-malacanang-zelensky-ph-visit-PPA3.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy troops the line during the arrival honors at the Malacañang Palace for a bilateral meeting with President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Monday, June 3, 2024. Yummie Dingding, PPA Pool/File"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy troops the line during the arrival honors at the Malacañang Palace for a bilateral meeting with President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Monday, June 3, 2024. <em>Yummie Dingding, PPA Pool/File</em></span></span></span></div><p>According to Stratbase President Dindo Manhit, it is important for the Philippines to stand with aggrieved nations like Ukraine, due to the parallels between the Ukraine crisis and the challenges currently being faced by the Philippines in the West Philippine Sea (WPS).</p><p>“What we&#x27;re experiencing right now, the gray zone, as if there&#x27;s no warfare, this was really done to them as far back as 2013…In our case, it was happening also. Oh, coast guard, now it&#x27;s the navy, now it&#x27;s the military of China,” he said.</p><p>Manhit said it is important for middle powers to stand together, to tilt the power imbalance.</p><p>“Russia is doing this to them because they are not part of NATO. They don&#x27;t have alliances with countries now. But the European nations, their neighbors are standing up with them. But that should be a lesson to us,” he explained.</p><p>“There will be leaders of big countries, coercive countries, aggressive countries that will have their own political or geopolitical ambition. And with Ukraine, we should stand with them because the Philippines is known to be a freedom loving country. We have never been an aggressor. We believe in the values of democracy,” Manhit continued.</p><p>For Ukrainian Ambassador Fediv, the Philippines and Ukraine share more in common than one might think.</p><p>“First of all, it&#x27;s religion. Ukraine is a religious country, and we are orthodox, and the church plays a major role in our society,” she began.</p><p>“We both are family oriented. We both are countries who have important geopolitical position, we in Europe and you in IndoPacific,” she continued.</p><p>“We are also multicultural countries. Ukraine has Islamic community, Crimean Tartars. You have BARMM region. Also, we know how it is to be faced by the bigger neighbors who always question your independence and the territorial integrity,” she concluded.</p><p>Ukraine and the Philippines have had diplomatic relations since April 7, 1992 - a year after Ukraine gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. </p><p>Until recently, it has managed its interests in Manila through its Embassy in neighboring Malaysia.</p><p>The Philippines also does not have a resident embassy in Kyiv, as it handles relations through its embassy in Warsaw, Poland.</p><p>But after Zelensky’s visit, Ukraine immediately established its first diplomatic mission in Manila last December 2024. Fediv’s credentials as Ambassador to the Philippines was also received by Marcos last March 25. </p><p>The Ukrainian Embassy is also looking at a formal inauguration within the year.</p><p>“Hopefully, the next step will be the opening of the Embassy of the Philippines in Kyiv in Ukraine. So we will do everything possible to make this happen. And this is also part of my mission here,” Fediv said in an exclusive interview with ABS-CBN News.</p><p>Fediv said Ukraine is looking forward to signing a legal framework with the Philippines, to give way to cooperation on multiple areas, including: trade and investment, defense, agriculture and defense. </p><p>But most importantly, it is important for both countries to work together in achieving common goals and values.</p><p>“We are peaceful countries. We appreciate the international law. We appreciate the territorial integrity and independence and multiculturality and multilateralism in international relations. So I think we need to be more vocal at the UN level and maybe also together reform these institutions, to make, other countries who are not democracies responsible for their deeds. Because we, as the young democracies, know how important it is to preserve the democracy, to preserve the human rights.&quot;</p><p>Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has been going on for over 3 years now, and has since resulted to the Russian occupation of about 20 percent of Ukraine’s territories. </p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/8/28/deadly-russian-attack-kills-15-in-kyiv-raising-fears-for-peace-talks-2340">Deadly Russian attack kills 15 in Kyiv, raising fears for peace talks</a></div><p>Infrastructure damage in Ukraine has also risen to $500 billion to date, according to the World Bank and the United Nations. </p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/8/18/zelensky-says-russia-must-end-war-after-trump-pressures-ukraine-1752">Zelensky says Russia must end war, after Trump pressures Ukraine</a></div><p>Ukraine, however, continues to hold firm and mount successful counterattacks that have also inflicted massive losses to Russian forces and stalled Russian advances. </p><p>A large number of countries and blocs have also imposed economic, financial, and trade sanctions on Russia since the beginning of its invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, including the European Union (EU), the G7, other non-EU countries in Europe, and several Asia-Pacific nations.</p><p>US mediation efforts are ongoing, but seem to be stagnating as well, as Russia continues to reject an unconditional ceasefire. </p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/8/16/trump-says-had-very-productive-meeting-with-putin-0818">Trump and Putin end summit without Ukraine deal</a></div><p>Russian President Vladimir Putin is also currently in China, where Chinese President Xi Jin Ping is hosting a two-day summit for over 20 world leaders, reflecting deepening China-Russian cooperation and signalling Beijing’s intent to push for a new global order with China at the helm and posing a challenge to the US.</p><p>“It&#x27;s important for us that we support each other in our battle for territorial integrity and independence because when Ukraine will not succeed…I think it would be a sign for the other authoritarian regimes that it’s possible, unilaterally, to change the international order,” Fediv said.</p><p>Ukraine continues to seek security guarantees that mirror the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) Article 5—where an attack on one is considered an attack on all, backed by military and strategic support, until its full NATO membership is achieved.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/8/24/us-envoy-visits-ukraine-on-independence-day-as-peace-efforts-stall-2149">US envoy visits Ukraine on independence day as peace efforts stall</a></div><p>“It&#x27;s important to have your own country and to make your own decisions. And I think it&#x27;s as much as important for Ukrainians as for the Filipino people,” Fediv added.</p><p>Ukraine is also hoping to tap the help of Filipino workers in rebuilding Ukrainian cities in the future, once peace is attained. </p><p>Overseas Filipino workers (OFW) have worked in Ukraine for decades in the fields of healthcare and services, but majority have relocated due to the war.</p><p>“I think we have only 30 Filipinos, but most of them, they are the employees of international organization like Save the Children, UN agencies, who are contracted by the international organization to work in Ukraine,” Fediv explained.</p><p>“We know how reliable and hardworking you are. And as I said, we share much in common culturally, so it&#x27;s important for us, to have the Filipinos working to rebuild Ukraine and to recover after the war times.”</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><div style="text-align:center"><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/p_FZYVTqIYM?si=ODU7V33rdLc84tLZ" title="YouTube video player" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><br/></div>

<p>The Ukraine Embassy in the Philippines guaranteed that Ukraine will fully back the Philippines’ bid for a non-permanent seat at the United Nations (UN) Security Council.</p>

The Ukraine Embassy in the Philippines guaranteed that Ukraine will fully back the Philippines’ bid for a non-permanent seat at the United Nations (UN) Security Council.

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Ukraine vows full backing for Philippines' UN Security Council bid

Zen Hernandez,

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Published Sep 01, 2025 07:00 PM PHT

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