KYIV ENDPOINTFree VPN for Ukraine
VPNmine's Kyiv server gives any VPNmine app a Ukrainian IP address for free, over a WireGuard tunnel encrypted with ChaCha20-Poly1305. We record which server you used and when, never the sites, lookups or content. For Ukrainian banks, government services and Diia from abroad, on a network that has kept running through the war.
What people use it for
- Reach Ukrainian banks, government services and Diia from abroad
- Encrypt everything you send over shelter, café and shared Wi-Fi
- Keep contact with Ukrainian services that reject foreign address ranges
- A local exit instead of one in Warsaw or Frankfurt
Estimated round trip
- Ukraine3-25 ms
- Warsaw or Bucharest15-30 ms
- Frankfurt or London30-55 ms
Estimates from route distance, not measurements. Your provider's routing decides the real figure, and our speed test measures it in about twenty seconds.
Why Kyiv, and how the network has held
Ukraine's internet was built by hundreds of small providers rather than one incumbent, with a large exchange in Kyiv where most of them meet and routes west through Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and Romania. That structure is why it has proved so hard to knock out: since the full-scale invasion of 2022 the network has kept running through attacks on the power grid, the loss of infrastructure in occupied territory and a cyberattack in December 2023 that took the largest mobile operator offline for days. Warsaw is 15 to 25 ms away, Frankfurt 30 to 45, Bucharest 20 to 30.
What Ukrainian law requires
Ukraine has blocked Russian services since 2017, when a presidential decree banned VK, Yandex, Mail.ru and others, and the list has grown since 2022. Martial law has been in force since February 2022 and gives the authorities broad powers, including over communications. The personal data law of 2010 is being replaced by a GDPR-aligned statute as part of EU accession. Using a VPN is lawful and extremely common, not least because the government itself recommends encrypted tools; what you publish is governed by Ukrainian law regardless of the route.
What to expect
With the tunnel up, your provider sees encrypted traffic to one VPNmine address in Kyiv and nothing about its contents; sites see the Kyiv server. The server is in a country at war, and while Kyiv's data centres have generators and the network has proved resilient, an outage caused by a strike on the grid is a possibility no provider can rule out. If the Kyiv server is unreachable, Warsaw is the nearest alternative. From occupied territory, connections are routed through Russian networks and subject to Russian interference, and we would rather say that plainly.
Confirm it rather than assume it
Connect to Kyiv, then check what changed. Our IP checker shows the address and country sites now see. The DNS leak test shows whether your domain lookups are still going to your own provider, which is the most common way a tunnel protects less than it appears to. The WebRTC leak test catches the browser handing out your real address through an API the VPN never sees.
What we store while you are connected is the same in Ukraine as everywhere else: which server the session used and when, and nothing about the traffic. The full list is in the privacy policy.
Ukraine VPN questions
How do I get a Ukrainian IP address for free?
Install VPNmine on your desktop, phone, TV or browser, sign in, and choose Ukraine from the server list. The app opens a WireGuard tunnel to our Kyiv server, and every site you open afterwards sees that server's address instead of yours. No charge, no advertising and no card required.
Are VPNs legal in Ukraine?
Yes. VPN use is lawful in Ukraine, very common, and encouraged by the government's own cybersecurity guidance. The blocking of Russian services under the 2017 decree is applied at the provider level. Martial law gives the authorities broad powers, but none of them concern using a tunnel.
Is the Kyiv server reliable during the war?
It has been, and Ukraine's network as a whole has been remarkably resilient, but a strike on the power grid can take a data centre offline and no provider can promise otherwise. If Kyiv is unreachable, the Warsaw server is 15 to 25 ms away and the closest alternative. We say this rather than pretend the risk is zero.
Does the Kyiv server work from occupied territory?
Connections from occupied areas are routed through Russian networks, which interfere with VPN protocols, so they may not connect on a given day. If they do, the tunnel hides the contents of your traffic from that network but not the fact that a tunnel exists. Please weigh that before relying on it.
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