Antisemitism in Ukraine
140 media-documented antisemitic events in Ukraine (2019–present): interactive map, yearly trends, official statistics and cited sources.
← All countries on the mapLocations are approximate (city level).Incidents shown: 0
No official national statistics are available for this country in our dataset — the figures below reflect media coverage and open databases only.
Antisemitic attitudes
How widespread antisemitic beliefs are in the wider population, from ADL's Global 100 opinion survey. This is not a count of incidents and cannot be compared with one — a country can hold few recorded incidents and widespread prejudice, or the reverse.
- change since 2014
- -2 pts
- worldwide
- 46%
Share of adults agreeing with a majority of 11 tested antisemitic stereotypes. Survey waves are years apart and country panels change between them. ADL Global 100: An Index of Antisemitism ↗
Media coverage by year
By category
Most affected cities
- Kyiv2
- Chernivtsi1
- Kryvyi Rih1
- Uzhhorod1
- Mykolaiv1
- Dnipro1
- Uman1
Media-documented events
- Chernivtsi, UkraineCurated entry
Historic Sadigura synagogue in Chernivtsi heavily damaged by arson
Source: Chabad.org ↗ - Kyiv, UkraineCurated entry
Jewish man pepper-sprayed outside Obolon synagogue in Kyiv
Source: Combat Antisemitism Movement ↗ - Kryvyi Rih, UkraineCurated entry
Molotov cocktail thrown at synagogue in Kryvyi Rih
Source: Combat Antisemitism Movement ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
A Kingdom Hall was vandalized with anti-Semitic and pagan graffiti.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - Uzhhorod, UkraineCurated entry
Antisemitic graffiti painted on building in Uzhhorod
Source: U.S. Department of State ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
Jewish community leader in western Ukraine said stabbed while delivering aid
Source: timesofisrael.com ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
Suspect arrested in stabbing of Ukrainian Jewish leader
Source: israelnationalnews.com ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
Information signs describing a memorial to the defenders of Ukraine were vandalized with anti-Semitic inscriptions.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
A large menorah near an old Orthodox synagogue was knocked into a river during Hanukkah. The incident was prosecuted as a hate crime.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
A large menorah on a public square was damaged when its lamps and a switchboard were broken during Hanukkah. A note with an anti-Semitic message was left at the scene.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
A recently installed memorial to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust was destroyed with a sledgehammer during Hanukkah.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - Kyiv, UkraineCurated entry
Hanukkah menorahs vandalized in three Ukrainian cities
Source: The Times of Israel ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
A large menorah installed at the intersection of two streets was damaged when the LED light cables were deliberately cut during Hanukkah.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
A menorah was knocked down during Hanukkah. This was the second incident in two days targeting menorahs in the city.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
A building near an Orthodox synagogue was vandalized with anti-Semitic leaflets during Hanukkah.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
A menorah in a public square was knocked down by a group during Hanukkah. The incident was prosecuted as a hate crime.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
The supporting structure of a menorah in the street was damaged when a man tried to disassemble it. The incident happened during Hanukkah. The perpetrator was accompanied by another man who had toppled a menorah in the previous year.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
The portrait of a Jewish man displayed as part of a street exhibition was vandalized with swastika graffiti and white paint.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
An information stand near a synagogue was destroyed.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
The outside of a synagogue was vandalized in two places with neo-Nazi graffiti.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
Jewish, Catholic and Greek Catholic communities were threatened when a poster calling for a repeat of the historical massacre of their ancestors was hung above the stage during a music festival. The festival included a song containing an anti-Semitic insult. The incident was investigated as a potential hate crime.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
Children's drawings displayed in an exhibition about the Jewish community were vandalized with anti-Semitic inscriptions.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
A Jewish woman and her young children were repeatedly subjected to anti-Semitic insults and threats, including Holocaust denials. As a result, the victims were afraid to leave their house.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
A memorial plaque dedicated to gentiles who helped Jewish people during the Holocaust was destroyed. The plaque was part of a memorial site to Jewish victims of the Holocaust.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
A Hasidic Jewish man, his wife and their children were attacked by a male neighbour who broke into their house. The man was repeatedly punched and subjected to anti-Semitic insults. The victims' house was located near the tomb of the founder of the local Hasidic movement.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
A wall in a park was vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti, including references to the country's political representatives of Jewish origin. An identical message was left on the wall one month prior to the incident.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
An information board detailing the history of the local Jewish community was covered in spray paint. The information board is located near a Jewish cemetery.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
A wall was vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti, including references to the country's political representatives of Jewish origin.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - Uman, UkraineCurated entry
Hasidic pilgrim attacked and Jewish cemetery fire in Uman
Source: The Times of Israel ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
Walls in a park were vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti, including references to the Holocaust.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
A tomb belonging to the founder of the local Hasidic movement was desecrated with several pig skulls and construction debris.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
A space marking the location of a former synagogue was vandalized with graffiti symbolizing death.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
A wall in a park was vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti referencing the country's political representatives of Jewish origin.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
A Hasidic Jewish man and his family were attacked by a man in the street after being asked their ethnicity. The man was subjected to anti-Semitic insults, strangled, punched, thrown to the ground and kicked several times. After escaping by car, the victims were followed by the perpetrator in his vehicle. The male victim sustained a broken nose and required several surgeries.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
A Jewish cemetery was vandalized when ten tombstones were destroyed.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
The gate of a synagogue was vandalized with swastika graffiti.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
A man was repeatedly threatened after his company provided drones to fly an Israeli flag over the city during a commemoration for those who helped Jewish people during the Holocaust.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
A street was vandalized with leaflets containing anti-Semitic symbols.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
A male Jewish entrepreneur was threatened when the fence of his house was vandalized with graffiti containing calls for violence against Jewish people.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
Visitors and staff of a synagogue were threatened when a bullet was fired at the building, damaging the window.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
Hasidic Jewish pilgrims were repeatedly pelted with large stones by a group from a high-rise building over a number of days. A car was damaged as a result. The incident occurred at a well-known pilgrimage site for Hasidic Jews.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
Information boards marking the location of a former synagogue were vandalized with swastika graffiti.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
A suburban train carriage was vandalized with an anti-Semitic drawing containing the Star of David and a reference to a Jewish politician.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
A wall with a bas-relief commemorating local Jewish victims of the Holocaust was vandalized with swastika graffiti.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
An entrance door to a Hasidic synagogue was damaged and vandalized when white crosses were painted on it.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
A Jewish Israeli man was physically assaulted by a group due to his ethnicity. The victim sustained injuries.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
A metro train was vandalized with an anti-Semitic and white supremacist sticker blaming Jewish people for the COVID-19 pandemic.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
A fence in a residential area was vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
A bench in a park was vandalized when a leaflet containing anti-Semitic graffiti was glued to it.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
A sign installed on a chanukiah was vandalized during a Jewish holiday.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
The Jewish community felt threatened when a man posted a video of himself trying to knock down a chanukiah at a square while expressing anti-Semitic statements, including calls for the killing of Jews. A day after the incident, the perpetrator attempted to topple the same sculpture and recorded a video of his actions again. The incident happened during the chanukiah holiday and was investigated as a potential hate crime.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
A window of a synagogue was broken when a bottle was thrown at it.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
A Jewish man wearing a kippah was attacked and injured by a colleague at work. Earlier, the victim had been subjected to anti-Semitic insults by the same perpetrator on multiple occasions.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
The Jewish community felt threatened when calls for their extermination accompanied by a photo of a Jewish cemetery were posted on social media. The incident was investigated as a hate crime.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
A memorial to Jewish victims of the Holocaust was desecrated when kefir was poured over it.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
A bus stop was vandalized when a leaflet was pasted on it depicting a caricature of a Jewish man, the Star of David, and insulting anti-Semitic inscriptions.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
Two teenage Hasidic Jewish boys were attacked behind the grave of a prominent rabbi by a group of three armed men. One of the victims wearing a kippah was punched in the face and had his cheek wounded by a knife.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
A man was attacked by two of his neighbors and sustained an arm injury as a result. Earlier, the victim had been subjected to anti-Semitic insults by the same perpetrators on multiple occasions.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
An elderly Hasidic Jewish couple from the UK were followed on the street for half an hour by a man who uttered anti-Semitic comments, pulled the kippah-wearing man's coat, tried to steal his walking stick, and tore a necklace from the woman's neck.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
An elderly Jewish couple was physically assaulted in the city. Police opened an investigation into a potential hate crime.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
Several tombstones in a Jewish cemetery were knocked down and destroyed.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
A billboard of a political party was vandalized with threatening anti-Semitic graffiti.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
The Jewish community felt threatened when anti-Semitic insults and calls for their extermination were posted on social media. The incident was investigated as a hate crime.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
A building was vandalized with threatening anti-Semitic graffiti.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
An Israeli man wearing a kippah was subjected to anti-Semitic insults, hit in the face, and had his glasses taken off him by a group of six in a supermarket. The perpetrators also attempted to rob the victim, who sustained a nasal fracture as a result.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
A monument commemorating the Jewish victims of the Holocaust was vandalized with swastika graffiti and a note containing calls for the killing of Jews.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
A car belonging to a Jewish community leader parked next to a community center was set on fire at night by two perpetrators. Previously, the same car owner had been threatened on several occasions.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
A male security guard at a synagogue was attacked by a man who broke inside it with an axe after morning prayer. The victim was hospitalized as he sustained a head injury and had his arm broken. After the attack, the perpetrator desecrated the synagogue by throwing bags and cans containing excrements, rubbish, and an unknown substance.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
A woman was repeatedly subjected to anti-Semitic insults and death threats by a neighbour.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
Children were subjected to anti-Semitic insults and threatened with violence by a neighbour.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
A synagogue's facade was vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
Private property belonging to a man perceived to be Jewish was damaged by a neighbor who had repeatedly subjected the same victim to anti-Semitic insults.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
A Hasidic Jewish woman relaxing with her family at a lakeshore was subjected to anti-Semitic insults and pushed into a lake by two women. One of the perpetrators filmed the incident.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
The grave of a prominent Jewish cultural figure was vandalized with anti-Semitic inscriptions.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
A synagogue was targeted in an arson attack when Molotov cocktails were thrown at it by perpetrators associated with a far-right group. The incident, which happened on the date of Adolf Hitler's birth, caused damage to the synagogue’s facade.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
The Jewish community felt threatened when a protest was announced to the city council, inciting violence against Jews. The same message was posted on social media and sent to a city mayor by a leader of a far-right group.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
A suburban train was vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti containing death threats and references to a Jewish politician.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
An office of a political party was vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti containing death threats and a Nazi symbol. The incident was investigated as a hate crime.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
A monument in a Jewish cemetery was broken and vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti on Shabbat.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
Visitors and staff at a synagogue felt endangered and had to be evacuated after the police received bomb threats targeting the synagogue by email. Synagogues in eight other cities received the same threat on the same day.×9
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A Jewish man had his kippah thrown to the ground, was grabbed by the arm, and choked by the same man who had broken into a synagogue while chanting anti-Semitic insults and threats. The perpetrator also struck IT equipment and then spat at and crumpled a portrait of a famous rabbi. The victim had to be hospitalized due to excessively high blood pressure resulting from the attack. The perpetrator had previously committed similar attacks. The incident was initially investigated as a hate crime.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
A memorial plaque dedicated to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust was destroyed, with the text of a Hebrew prayer and a Star of David damaged.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
The Jewish community felt threatened when anti-Semitic insults and calls for their extermination were posted on social media.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
An information stand at an exhibition about a town's Jewish history was vandalized with swastika and anti-Semitic graffiti around International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Inscriptions in Hebrew and Yiddish were painted over as well. The stand was located near the former house of a prominent rabbi.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
A memorial to Jewish Holocaust victims was vandalized when red paint was sprayed over it. The targeted monument is located not far from a well-known Jewish politician's home. The incident happened a week before International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
A memorial to Jewish Holocaust victims near a synagogue was vandalized with red paint.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
An elderly woman and another patient from a geriatric home were repeatedly subjected to anti-Semitic insults and threats.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
A male Jewish student living in a dormitory had his Torah stolen and his belongings damaged. The dormitory room was vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti covering the walls.
Source: OSCE ODIHR ↗ - UkraineAuto-collected from news
A male leader of a Jewish community organization received personal threats on his social media account.
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The entrance to a synagogue was vandalized with swastika graffiti.
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Antisemitism by country
- United States7061
- United Kingdom922
- Italy761
- Spain257
- Poland250
- Netherlands242
- France239
- Ukraine140
- Germany137
- Canada127
- Switzerland103
- Austria82
- Australia76
- Russia60
- Belgium57
- Argentina55
- Czechia52
- Hungary49
- Greece45
- Lithuania33
- Brazil33
- Turkey32
- Bulgaria27
- Serbia22
- Sweden21
- Iran17
- Romania17
- New Zealand16
- Chile15
- South Africa12
- Ireland11
- Mexico10
- Denmark10
- Portugal8
- Norway7
- Belarus7
- Georgia6
- Croatia6
- North Macedonia5
- Moldova5
- Malaysia5
- Armenia5
- Colombia5
- Slovakia5
- Algeria4
- Tunisia4
- Finland4
- Pakistan4
- Estonia3
- Azerbaijan3
- Uruguay3
- United Arab Emirates3
- China3
- Kuwait3
- India3
- Latvia3
- Kazakhstan2
- Japan2
- Egypt2
- Saudi Arabia2
- Cyprus1
- Morocco1
- Peru1
- Lebanon1
- Slovenia1
- Sri Lanka1
- Qatar1
- Venezuela1
- Vietnam1
- Nicaragua1
- Luxembourg1
- Syria1
- Indonesia1
- Singapore1
- Paraguay1
- Jordan1
- Ethiopia1
- Bosnia and Herzegovina1
- Mauritania1
- Iceland1