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Driving in Ukraine
The rules of the road as our desk recorded them, native unit first.
Right
50 / 90 / 130 km/h · 31 / 56 / 81 mph
urban / rural / motorway
Required · Vienna 1968
An IDP is required. Most EU rental agreements exclude Ukraine entirely, and green-card insurance arrangements have been disrupted by the war.
0.02% - and zero tolerance in practice under martial law
None on the national network.
Mandatory outside built-up areas at all times.
Required for children under 12.
Curfew makes night driving illegal, checkpoints are frequent and fuel supply has been disrupted by strikes on infrastructure. Roadside mine contamination in previously occupied areas means never pulling off the paved surface. This is not a country to self-drive in without a specific reason and local guidance.