Ukraine is planning to follow standard time also during summers

Viktor Baloha, Ukraine's Minister of Emergency Situations, said that scientists and Prime Minister Mykola Azarov had calculated that Ukraine should stay on UTC+2 in summer too. This plan will be the basis of a bill to be prepared and sent to parliament for a vote.

Ukraine co-hosts the European Football Championship (Euro 2012) with Poland this summer, so scientists have recommended that Ukraine use summer time this year, for the convenience of visitors. From 2013 onwards, Ukraine would keep standard time in summer too, so the clocks would no longer change in spring and autumn.^[1]

Prime Minister Azarov had said earlier that Ukraine should have one fixed time all year, corresponding to UTC+2.

Update, 26 October 2026: The plan was not carried out: Kyiv has changed its clocks with the EU in 2013 and every year since;^[2] in 2026 they went back on 25 October 2026. In July 2024 the parliament voted to stay on winter time all year,^[3] but the President has not signed the law, so it has not taken effect.^[4] See also: Ukraine's 2013 plan to end daylight saving time.