Not only are Ukrainian women some of the prettiest women in the world, but, in my experience, Kiev is the city that definitely has the prettiest women in all of Ukraine. And, believe me, I say that as someone who has traveled and even lived in almost all of the major Ukrainian cities.

Introduction

Kiev is the capital of Ukraine and its largest city. It’s also the major hub in the country with two major airports. The first airport, and also the largest one, Boryspil, is outside the city and is about a 45-minute car ride from the city. The second airport, aptly named “Airport Kiev” is a smaller airport and is located not far from the city center (about 15 minutes away).

If you’re flying from other countries, chances are you will be landing at airport Boryspil’s relatively new terminal F, which was built in 2012 for the Euro championship (soccer).

There are two options in terms of getting from the airports to the city center: taxi or bus. An Uber taxi only costs about $10-13, while the bus to the city center costs about $3-5. While the Uber taxi takes you exactly where you need to go, the bus takes you as far as the main train station, which means you’ll still need to take some form of transportation to your final destination.

Where to stay

While I’ve talked in depth about where exactly to stay in Kiev, suffice to say that where you want to be staying can be summed up in one word: center. As long as you’re in the center, closing to the main Kreshyatik street, you should be absolutely fine. What you don’t want is to fly into Kiev and then grab an apartment in one of the “sleeper neighborhoods” that are mostly rows of Soviet-era buildings that all look, smell and feel the same.

A solid place to look for temporary apartments would be AirBnb. It’s fairly expensive when you rent per day ($30-50 and higher), but if you’re willing to commit for one month, you might be able to score a discount. Expect to pay around $600-$1000 if booking over Airbnb. 

On the other hand, if you book via one of the local sites and sign a longer-term contract, you will pay somewhere around $600-800 for a nicely furnished place in the center. Keep in mind that you would need to speak Russian or Ukrainian in order to get the best possible deal.

Where to meet women in person

Before I cover the different ways of meeting women in Kiev, I want to talk about how to meet women in person once you have gotten her contact information (e.g., for a first date or so). 

One thing you have to understand is that most of the women you will meet will be residing outside the city center since it’s relatively expensive to live in the center. That means that if you’re based in the center and a woman is somewhere in the periphery of the city, in one of those “sleeping neighborhoods,” you, therefore, have a dilemma of where to meet these women.

Should you meet them in the center or drive all the way to her hood?

My plan has been to always meet them in the center. That’s not necessarily because I live in the center but because it’s called the center for a reason. That’s where the action is and that’s where everything happens. 

If it’s the summer, I like to meet up in one of the central parks and then go from there. If we don’t hit it off, we can just end it right there without spending a ton of money.

If it’s the winter, I prefer to meet up the girl in one of the inexpensive restaurants that also serve cheap house wine. That way we can have a couple of glasses of cheap wine and get to know each other more.

There have been situations where a girl flat out refused to get to the center to meet up. Usually, it’s because she’s lazy or tired or a plethora of other reasons. In this case, I would never compromise and come out to her neighborhood to meet up. If she isn’t willing to meet up in the center—where all the action is—then she just isn’t willing to put up much of an effort to see me and isn’t too invested in the interaction.

All my solid dates were when the girl made the effort to drive out all the way to the center to meet me. 

Thus, always suggest meeting somewhere central—even if you don’t live there. Her response and the willingness to put in the effort would dictate how the date will go and other factors. 

Daygame

Now that I’ve taken a slight detour and talked about the logistics of meeting the girl for the first time, let’s get back to basics and talk about how to meet women in the wild.

Meeting women on the streets is fairly easy and straightforward. Ukrainian—like all other Eastern European—appreciate a man who has the balls to approach them. From my experience, they also don’t have a problem giving out their number to you (my success rate has been around 80%).

Once she gives you her number, verify it by calling it and seeing if her phone will ring. Once you’ve verified her number, add it into your contact book and then contact her via one of the standard messaging apps (Viber or Telegram). 

It’s fairly rare for people to call each other in Ukraine, and communicating via these IM apps is the way to go.

Once you’ve got the number, feel free to contact her later in the day to see how’s she doing. Don’t wait several days to contact her because by then she would have probably forgotten all about you. 

In terms of where to approach, I’ve had a lot of success approaching women anywhere where there has been eye contact. While it’s fairly difficult to approach a girl who’s walking on the street (an object that’s in motion tends to stay in motion), you will have much better luck approaching a girl who’s sitting somewhere, like a cafe or a restaurant.

Nightlife/Clubs

There’s always nightlife for meeting women, but I have to be honest with you: nightlife in Kiev isn’t very good. The first problem is that there’s no single area in the city that you can go where you’d see all kinds of nightlife venues. There’s no “red light” district of sorts.

The closest to the quintessential red light district you would find in Kiev would be “Arena” entertainment complex that’s located in the center of the city. It sports several restaurants, some bars and a couple of high-end clubs aimed at foreigners who want to meet local women. It’s worth mentioning that most of the women you would find in those venues would expect you to pay for them in one form or another; these wouldn’t be just “girls next door” you could romance into loving you.

Besides that, there are various bars and clubs scattered all over town, but many of them closing up/opening up, so you would have to check with some locals once you’re in Kiev in order to see which places are worth visiting and which places aren’t.

Meeting Ukrainian women in Kiev online

Honestly, I feel the best place to meet women is where everyone already is: the Internet. That means checking out various dating apps and sites such as Tinder and many others. 

While you can certainly meet women on Tinder in Kiev, the fact of the matter is that there are plenty of dating sites that are much better for meeting women than swiping left and right all day. One such site that we recommend here at UkraineReal is Ukraine Date. Ukraine Date is a legit dating site that makes meeting women super easy and it’s one that we stand behind. You can check out our review here or even join the site here.

The best part of meeting women on a site like Ukraine Date is that you can do before you arrive in Kiev; you can do that while you’re still in New York, Los Angeles, London, or whatever city you’re from. We highly recommend Ukraine Date for meeting the girl of your dreams.

Final thoughts

So, there you have it. The complete guide to meeting gorgeous Ukrainian girls in Kiev, Ukraine. While there are lots of cities to meet great women in Ukraine, in my opinion, the capital is the best place to meet the women of your dreams.

Now, you don’t have any excuse to not join a site like Ukraine Date where you can meet a great share of gorgeous, friendly and amazing women that will bring new meaning and experience to your life.

Ukrainian brides is a concept that’s well known in countries such as Ukraine and Russia, the two countries where it’s common for foreigners to seek wives from abroad through these so-called marriage agencies. That’s where a man that’s in America or UK (or some other country) can basically get on the Internet and be arranged with a wife. He goes on a specific website, browses among the tens and hundreds of profiles of women and then picks the ones he’s most attracted to.

The agency connects the client (the guy) to these women, and from that point on, he’s able to contact them and has a conversation with them with, hopefully, the intention of bringing them into the country and marrying them.

In a way, the marriage agency serves as a glorified dating service that offers a suite of services instead of something as simple as Tinder where you have to do all the work of attracting the women. Think of something like Tinder as a self-service cafeteria and a dating agency as a high-end Michelin star restaurant.

Ukrainian women are renowned world over for their beauty and femininity. Thus, it’s no wonder that men from rich Western nations who are tired of their masculine and entitles women are seeking to find wives abroad. On paper, it’s also the perfect trade, relatively wealthy Western men offer money, resources, and financial stability in exchange for a relationship with a beautiful woman (and sex, too).

The problem, however, is that many of these so-called dating agencies that offer to find you a wife in Ukraine are nothing but scams. Not only do they charge the men for every little thing like complete access to the profiles, the ability to message the women, the ability to chat to the women, etc, but often times, you don’t even know if the woman you’re chatting is an actual woman. Maybe it’s one of the employees of the company (a woman or a man) who is replying to your messages. There are also various services, sometimes offshored to countries like the Philippines that pretend to be your beautiful future bride and chat with you.

Common Ukrainian brides scams

There are two kinds of Ukrainian brides scams that you should be aware of. The first scam is when the dating agency attempts to scam you using the methods described above and others. The second scam is when you eventually make it all the way to Ukraine, met your future bride, and get scammed by her in some shape, way or form.

In the first type of scam, you’re basically dealing with a very unrepeatable marriage agency. While they have may have a website that’s full of available beautiful women, many or all of those profiles can be fake. And when you contact one of these “girls,” it may be an employee (male or female) who’s chatting with you instead. There are also third-party services that provide people who will pretend to be women and talk to the men on a dating site. I personally of a company that provides such services.

However, this came goes beyond having fake women and all that. Every time you interact with such a site, you’re being charged. You may be charged in a variety of ways. For instance, if a girl opens the email, you may be charged something. You may also be charged when a woman replies. Last but not least, you can expect some sort of fee when it’s time to actually meet the girl. Even if you’re aware of these fees upfront, they can still greatly add up when you’re contacting multiple women.

The second type of scam is as insidious as the first one. This is where you meet the girl in person (or even online), and she tries to extract resources from you. This can be when you’re talking to her on Skype, and after a few conversations, she tells you that she has a sick mom or grandma (or some other family member) and that she needs money ASAP to cover the medical bills. The amount might be low initially ($25 or $50), but it can rise up quickly. Because once you’ve agreed to shell out $25, it becomes much easier for you to part with $100 (or more) than if she would’ve asked you $300 or something like that up front. Actually, there was a Netflix movie about how Western men went to Ukraine to meet a wife, but went back home heartbroken and broke.

A variation of this scam is when you meet the woman in person and she attempts to get you to help her financially. Failing that, she can “invite” you a restaurant, bar or club where you will order a bunch of stuff for her and for you and then when it’s time to pay, you will be presented with an exorbitant bill that you wouldn’t expect. Even if you ask for a menu, they will bring some other menu with jacked up prices, not the menu that you originally ordered from. Refusing to pay will be meaningless as you will be met by a bunch of brawny men who won’t let you leave until you pay.

In order to avoid this scam, you need to be very mindful of giving any money to women that you haven’t met yet. Even if you’re just chatting on Skype every single at 8 pm, and you believe this woman is absolutely legit, you still can’t really trust her because she can be married or has a boyfriend, or be in all kinds of situations the other 23 hours that you’re not speaking to her. Personally, I would never send any money to anyone that I haven’t met in person.

Moreover, once you do meet in person, it should serve as a red flag if she asks for money. I’ve gone out on countless dates here, and a girl has never directly asked me for money—even after learning that I have a decent job and can afford nice things. Of course, it’s normal to have a conversation about money once you’ve been dating for some time, but if she brings up the question of money early on, that should make you pause because chances are nothing positive will come out of this.

When it comes to dating agencies, my view on this is much different. While I don’t particularly use dating agencies, if you decide to go that route, it’s important to thoroughly evaluate the dating/marriage agency and see all the prices/fees, especially their hidden services.

On the other hand, why go through a dating agency in the first place? We here at Ukraine Real are huge fans of Ukraine Date, a reputable dating site that makes it super easy for men to meet gorgeous Ukrainian women. There are no hidden fees, charges, and you’re definitely not going be stuck with thousands of dollars of fees. Plus, the women are all real and are eager to meet their prince charming. (Click here to read our review, or click here to join directly.)

Of course, even when you signup for a regular dating site, you’re not absolving yourself from getting played by the woman you end up talking to. A Ukrainian woman is still a Ukrainian woman, so if she feels that she can extract some resources out of you, she will definitely try. Although you will have a slight advantage because a Ukrainian girl from some marriage agency will not be as eager to rip you off as a Ukrainian girl on a regular dating site.

Nevertheless, keep your wits on you at all times.

Final thoughts

Ukraine and Russia are two countries that have the “brides” mentality. The term “mail-order brides” was invented here. Thus, it’s very common for some Western man to get on the Internet and, through the help of various dating agencies, meet a woman who he will be able to marry in a relatively short amount of time.

We’re not talking about meeting a woman and dating (or living with her) for many years. We’re talking about express marriage: meeting a woman with the goal of quickly marrying her. Unfortunately, there’s a lot of little gotchas that you will be faced with, from the moment of meeting your woman through one of these agencies to the moment of actually trying to build something with her.

Then, there’s the fact that you might be used simply because you’re a citizen of a rich country and marrying you offers her a fast track to getting that country’s passport. I can’t tell you how many stories I’ve heard of Western men marrying a Ukrainian woman, bringing her back to their country and, as soon as her papers were finalized, dumping him for someone else. But all those thoughts are for another article.

One of the most frequent questions we receive here at Ukraine Real is what’s it like dating Ukrainian women. A lot of our readers hail from the Western countries such as America, Canada, and the UK and are naturally curious about what’s dating like in Eastern Europe and, naturally, in countries like Ukraine.

First of all, it’s important to understand that a lot of such dating is completely informal. A lot of women usually meet men through their social circles, and, therefore, dating typically doesn’t happen. A woman sees a guy in her social circle and, after meeting him often enough, enters a relationship with him. Maybe this happens over the period of several months or even over a period of several years.

As a foreigner who will arrive in the country without any social connections or contacts, your situation will naturally be different. You can’t rely on coworkers or friends to meet women, so you will have to seek them out yourself. For that, we highly recommend meeting women on Ukraine Date; see our review here. Naturally, this would mean you’ll have to go on dates with these women.

When it comes to dating Ukrainian women, there’s the typical 3-day rule that you may be already familiar with. This means you should be getting some action (sex) on the third date at the latest. If you’ve dated her three times and still didn’t get any action, there’s a very slim chance you’ll get action and you should cut her loose and stop all contact.

Thankfully, as a result of dating lots and lots of women, I developed a certain system when it comes to dating women. For the first date, I typically like to meet up at one of the Italian-style restaurants for a glass of wine or two.

There are some girls that don’t drink (or say they don’t drink), in that case, we just have some tea or coffee. I try to eat beforehand, so I don’t end up ordering food in a restaurant and letting the girl do the same. I don’t really like dates where eat and prefer dates where we can just have a few glasses of wine and enjoy ourselves.

For the second date, I may invite her to take a walk in the park or to check out another bar where they have really good cider. It really depends on the overall vibe and feeling that I have with this woman.

Typically, by the second date, you should have a pretty good idea whether this girl is into you or not. By this time, hopefully, you should’ve have gotten physical with the girl and have also hopefully gotten a kiss or two. It would be quite strange to go on several dates with the girl and not even touch each other. If that’s the case, you may be dangerously inching closer to a friend’s zone.

After each date, you should be asking a girl back to your place. Although she may refuse to go back to your place after the first date, it shows that you view her in a sexual way and aren’t content with just going on innocent dates with and sipping some coffee.

For the third—and hopefully final date—I like to invite her back to my place. Typically what I like to do is suggest we buy a bottle of wine and head back to my place. A woman understands what this means and she would either agree to this or she wouldn’t. Usually, if she agreed to meet up on the third date, and you’ve already kissed before, that means she’s probably interested in you and having sex shouldn’t be that much of a big deal.

Out of all the women that I invited back to my place, whether it was the second or third date, I only remember one or two girls that didn’t want to have sex. You will absolutely have girls like this, so don’t be discouraged that’s just part of the game.

Flakes and other challenges

Not all dates will go as smooth as I’ve described above. You will have plenty of experiences where women will outright flake, refuse to meet up, or change plans at the last possible second.

Let’s discuss flaking first. You will experience plenty of situations where a woman will agree to meet up and then will change her mind and decide to not come at all. Although I’ve never experienced outright flaking leading up the date, there had been plenty of women who confirmed a date that was several days away, but on the day of the date suddenly got busy with something else and couldn’t make it. Some of them suggested another day, while others didn’t.

Depending on the reason she gives for not showing up, I may allow a reschedule for another day. However, if she fails to show up for the second time, then it’s definitely a red flag, and I probably won’t be seeing her again.

A more common type of situation occurs is when a woman agrees to show up on the first date, but then refuses to meet at your designated place and offers an alternative. Since I always suggest we meet up in some easily accessible place in the center (e.g., a park, a shopping mall, etc), any kind of push to meet up somewhere else, I take as a form of a power struggle, and I’m heavily against it.

For instance, let’s say I ask the girl to meet me in a popular shopping mall in the center of the city. But she refuses and instead offers to meet up in some other part of town. That right there tells me that either she’s lazy or she’s just not willing to put in the effort of meeting a new man in her life. Usually, it’s the second reason.

If the woman isn’t comfortable with making a 10-30 min trek to the center of the city to go on date, that’s usually a sign that the woman will be hesitant to contribute to the relationship going forward. Although it’s not like a 100% sure sign, it’s definitely something that turns me off. I don’t like to compromise a meetup spot and won’t tolerate it if a woman wants to meet way outside of town because it’s more convenient for her.

Date questions and gotchas to watch out for

As a foreigner, you will be subject to greater scrutiny by women than local guys. Ukrainian women know why you’re in the country—to fuck Ukrainian women. Thus, they’ll be aggressively screening for guys who are here just to have sex and bounce out. Obviously, they will be some women who just want to have fun and enjoy life, but if the woman you’re meeting is seeking some kind of relationship, her questions will be of different nature and she’ll be carefully evaluating your responses.

The most common question you will get is “What are you doing in this country?” You will receive this question from women who’re interested in more serious intentions. Obviously, don’t say something like, “I’m here to have sex with as many women as I want,” even if that’s what you’re doing.

Instead, make something up. Say, that you’re taking a break from your life in the US or you’re just enjoying life, or you’re exploring the option of moving to a new country. Unless you have a job in Ukraine or some other official business, all of these answers are perfectly normal and show that you’re an adequate human who isn’t an “obvious” sex tourist.

Another type of question you might get is, “When and how long was your last relationship?” This is a type of question that a woman who is looking for a relationship would ask. Even if you’re not looking for a relationship, you should still hint that you would be willing to settle down with a quality woman anyway. In terms of answering this question, I would just say that my last relationship was one year ago and it lasted for one year or something like that.

After that, the woman might ask you why the relationship ended. She needs to understand if it was you or her that initiated the breakup. Typically, if you were in a long-term relationship and you initiated the breakup, the woman would want to know why that happened so the same doesn’t happen to her.

It’s important to keep in mind that a woman doesn’t ask questions out of the blue; every question that a woman asks serves a particular purpose. That’s her way of figuring out what kind of person you are, your value, and whether it will be someone she may want to build a relationship with.

Final thoughts

Although I didn’t cover many other things that are important when it comes to dating Ukrainian women, you now have a basic preview of what to expect and not to expect when it comes to meeting and seducing Ukrainian women.

“Do Ukrainian Women Like American/Western Men” is one of the most common questions that foreigners who wish to travel to Ukraine ask. In this article, I will talk about the pros and cons of being a foreigner in Ukraine and what kind of women you can expect to attract.

Around the world, being a foreigner can either be a blessing or a curse. When it comes to the more conservative countries (e.g., Balkans, Serbia, Macedonia, Montenegro), being a foreigner is not that much of an advantage. In those countries, women typically prefer their own men and aren’t really impressed by foreigners.

On the other hand, Eastern Europe is widely known to be the region of the world where women, for the most part, really like foreign guys. In countries such as Russia and Ukraine, it’s very common for foreigners to land and immediately find themselves a cute girl to hang out with.

This is especially true with the whole Ukrainian and Russian mail-order brides phenomenon where you could’ve essentially order a woman over the Internet. Although that’s no longer the case these days, there are a ton of different dating and marriage agencies all over Russia and Ukraine where a foreign man can find himself a wife.

This is a purely Russian or Ukrainian phenomenon; after all, there’s no such thing as Brazilian mail order brides or Danish mail order brides.

I remember when I was in Odessa in the summer of 2011, a girl told me that most of the cafes were filled with groups of three people: a foreign man, his Ukrainian girlfriend and a translator who translated every word between English and Russian.

I heard that back in the 1990s after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the economic situation was so dire that a foreigner could simply fly in, buy a girl a Big Mac at some McDonald’s and get a blowjob (or more). I don’t know if that’s actually true or not, but I’m pretty sure the real situation on the ground was probably somewhat similar.

The fact remains: if you have money, you will be somewhat successful in Ukraine, although whether you get the girl you actually want is another story altogether.

The real deal

Allow me to share my experience. I have dated lots and lots of women, and, to be completely honest with you, I’m not sure if any of the women I’ve dated actually dated foreigners. Moreover, out of all the women that I’ve dated only a few had serious aspirations about moving abroad, America or some other country.

One girl was around 32-33 years old and wanted to leave Ukraine for greener pastures abroad. She was the quintessential example of a girl who worked at a regular bank job, wasn’t much promoted, wasn’t much appreciated. She wanted to try something new abroad. While I’m not sure she was looking for a foreign man, I’m sure if one fell onto her lap, she would roll with it.

The second girl that I’ve dated was younger, at around 26-27 years old. She was pretty successful at her job but wanted to visit the US (San Francisco) to see what it was like. She told me she was interested in visiting it first and then possibly relocating there, but she hadn’t yet made up her mind and wasn’t sure, but she was definitely open to the possibility.

All the other girls were pretty standard Ukrainian girls who, as far as I’m aware, didn’t have much contact with foreigners.

OK, so, do Ukrainian women love foreigners or not?

It seems like we’ve talked about a lot of things, but we haven’t really answered the question of whether Ukrainian women really like foreign men. The answer is that it depends.

Unlike some of the more conservative countries where women tend to stick with their own kind, Eastern European women are generally open to foreign guys. In my view, there are various reasons for this:

1. Eastern European men aren’t as romantic and chivalrous to their women as Latin American, Southern European and even American men.
2. Eastern European men aren’t as good looking as Latin and Southern European men.
3. Eastern European don’t take care of their women as much as Western and Latin men.
4. Eastern Europe is an overall poorer region than Western Europe and America and, thus, people (and that includes women) want to build a better life for themselves.
5. Eastern European women are more hypergamous than other women. Since women date and marry up (and men typically date and marry down), women want to have the best opportunity for themselves and their offsprings. And that means going to places that provide more opportunities for having a good life and spending time where the richer men are.

Right now, Eastern Europe is one of the few spots in the world (except maybe Southeast Asia and countries like the Philippines) where a Western man can go and the women would be open to having a relationship with him.

This is certainly not the case in countries like Italy, Serbia, Spain, and Brazil, where women, for the most part, like to build relationships with their own men.

Eastern European women travel to nearby countries (e.g., Turkey, Egypt, Israel) and earn exceedingly good amounts of money doing questionable things. Even as far away as in America, newly arrived Eastern European women have a reputation for making money using specific ways (escorts, prostitutes).

A friend of mine lives in Brooklyn, NY, where there are a lot of immigrants from these countries. Not only are there are Eastern Europeans who have lived in the region for many years, but there are also newly arrived young Eastern European women. He told me that in his apartment building, there is a van that comes by in the afternoon and picks up a bunch of young Eastern European women and drives them to some location. Obviously, one can only guess where they’re being driven to.

Out of all the women that I’ve dealt with, Eastern European are some of the most hypergamous out there. They will stop at nothing to improve the quality of life for themselves and their offsprings. They are survivors.