The Ukrainian National Bloc of Kostenko and Plyushch, (Ukrainian: Український Народний Блок Костенка і Плюща; Ukraïnskyj narodnyj blok Kostenka i Pljušča) is a defunct political alliance in Ukraine led by Yuriy Kostenko and Ivan Plyushch. It consisted out of:
- Party of Free Peasants and Entrepreneurs of Ukraine
- Political Party Cathedral Ukraine
- Ukrainian People's Party
At the Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2006, 26 March 2006, it won 1,87 % of the popular vote and no seats in the Ukrainian Parliament, although it did win seats in some Ukrainian provinces regional сouncil elections.
After the 2006 elections the party's have gone there separate ways.
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