Марія Бровінська 5 August 2026, 08:01

“I gave away the keys, but I left my heart.” Vimeo closes office space in Kyiv

Video platform Vimeo is closing one of its offices in Ukraine, in Kyiv. However, this does not mean that the company is not leaving the country.

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“I gave away the keys, but I left my heart.” Vimeo closes office space in Kyiv

Video platform Vimeo is closing one of its offices in Ukraine, in Kyiv. However, this does not mean that the company is not leaving the country.

This was announced by the director of Vimeo Ukraine Technologies Yulia Piven on Facebook, publishing an emotional post about the end of the history of the Kyiv office. «I gave away the keys, but I left my heart. I still miss you, I still hurt. Because what is done with true love is not forgotten in a moment,» she wrote.

In a comment to DOU, the director clarified that the closure concerns the Kyiv office space. At the same time, the Ukrainian team continues to work, and the company’s office in Zaporizhia remains open.

According to Piven, the decision is part of the company’s normal working processes. She did not specify the reason for the closure of the Kyiv office.

About Vimeo in Ukraine

In May 2025, Yulia Piven said that Vimeo’s Ukrainian division had fewer than 100 specialists. Before the full-scale invasion, the company planned to increase the team to more than 250 people, but due to the war, some of the future projects and workload were redistributed to other countries.

At the time, the head of the Ukrainian office emphasized that the company did not plan to close down its operations in Ukraine, and the then CEO of Vimeo confirmed its willingness to support the local team.

In September 2025, it became known that the Italian technology company Bending Spoons acquired Vimeo for $1.38 billion. Shortly before the announcement of the deal, the service laid off almost 10% of its employees, but there was no information at the time about whether the cuts affected the Ukrainian team.