List of wars involving Ukraine

The following is a list of major conflicts fought by Ukraine, by Ukrainian people or by regular armies during periods when independent states existed on the modern territory of Ukraine, from the Kievan Rus' times to the present day. It also includes wars fought outside Ukraine by Ukrainian military.

Kievan Rus' is considered the first Ukrainian state (together with Belarus and Russia), the Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia (Ruthenia) its political successor, and after the period of domination by the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth the Cossack states (the Cossack Hetmanate and the Zaporozhian Sich).[1] The Ukrainian Cossacks were also related to the Ottoman Empire and the Crimean Khanate, having many conflicts with them. By the late 18th century, Ukraine didn't have independent states anymore, because it was ruled by the more powerful states of the time, namely the Ottoman Empire, the Russian Empire and the Austrian Empire.[2][3] There were several internal armed conflicts between various Ukrainian ideological factions (sometimes with foreign support) in the first half of the 20th century (especially during the 1917–1921 Ukrainian War of Independence and the 1939–1945 Second World War), but modern Ukrainian militaries (since 1917) have been mostly fighting with armies of neighbouring states, such as the Russian Provisional Government (Kiev Bolshevik Uprising November 1917), the Russian SFSR (Ukrainian War of Independence 1917–1921), the Second Polish Republic (Polish–Ukrainian War 1918–1919), Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union (Second World War and post-War resistance),[1] and since 2014, the Russian Federation (Russo-Ukrainian War).

Kievan Rus' (800s–1240)

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This is a list of wars involving Kievan Rus' (c. 9th century–1240).[a] These wars involved Kievan Rus' (also known as Kyivan Rus'[8]) as a whole, or some of its principalities[b] up to 1240.[c]

  Victory of Kievan Rus' (and allies)
  Defeat of Kievan Rus' (and allies)
  Another result*

*e.g. result unknown or indecisive/inconclusive, result of internal conflict inside Kievan Rus', status quo ante bellum, or a treaty or peace without a clear result.

Date Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
830s Paphlagonian expedition of the Rus'   Kievan Rus'   Byzantine Empire Unclear. The historicity of this conflict is questioned
860 Rus'–Byzantine War (860)   Kievan Rus'   Byzantine Empire Victory. The historicity of this conflict is questioned
c. 880s, c. 913, 943, 965, c. 1041[d] Caspian expeditions of the Rus'   Kievan Rus' Southern Caspian coastal regions Unclear
907 Rus'–Byzantine War (907)   Kievan Rus'   Byzantine Empire Victory[12]
920–1036 Rus'–Pecheneg wars [uk; ru]   Kievan Rus'   Pechenegs Victory
  • After the Battle of Kiev in 1036, the Pechenegs stopped raiding Rus'
941 Rus'–Byzantine War (941)   Kievan Rus'   Byzantine Empire Defeat
944/945 Rus'-Byzantine War (944/945)   Kievan Rus'   Byzantine Empire Victory.[13] The historicity of this conflict is questioned.[e]
945–947 Olga's Revenge on the Drevlians [uk; ru]   Kievan Rus' Drevlians Olga victory. The historicity of this conflict is questioned
965–969 Khazar campaign of Svyatoslav   Kievan Rus'   Khazar Khaganate Victory
  • Destruction of the Khazar Khaganate
967/968–971 Sviatoslav's invasion of Bulgaria   Kievan Rus'   Byzantine Empire Defeat
  • Byzantine victory
c. 972–980 Feud of the Svyatoslavychivi [uk][15]   Kievan Rus'   Kievan Rus' Volodimer victory
c. 981 Polish campaign of Volodimer I   Kievan Rus' (Volodimer I of Kiev)   Duchy of Poland (Mieszko I?) Victory
985 Volodimer I of Kiev's campaign against Volga Bulgaria   Kievan Rus' Volga Bulgaria Military victory, then agreement
987–989 Rebellion of Bardas Phokas the Younger   Byzantine emperor Basil II
  Kievan Rus'
  Bardas Phokas the Younger Agreement
997 Norwegian Raid of the Rus[citation needed]   Kievan Rus'   Norwegian Vikings[citation needed] Defeat
1015–1019 Kievan succession crisis

(also known as Feud of the Volodymyrovychi [uk]
or Internecine war in Rus' (1015–1019) [ru])

  Kievan Rus' loyal to Svyatopolk I
  Duchy of Poland (1018)
  Kingdom of Hungary (1018)
  Kievan Rus' loyal to Yaroslav I Yaroslav victory
1022 Yaroslav the Wise's attack on Brest   Kievan Rus'   Duchy of Poland Defeat
1024 Battle of Listven   Kievan Rus'
Yaroslav the Wise
  Principality of Chernigov
Mstislav of Chernigov
Chernigovian victory
1024 Rus'–Byzantine War (1024)   Kievan Rus'   Byzantine Empire Defeat
1030 Yaroslav the Wise's campaign against the Chud   Kievan Rus' Chud Victory
  • Estonian tribes start paying tribute to Kievan Rus'
1030–1031 Yaroslav the Wise's campaign for the Cherven Cities   Kievan Rus'   Duchy of Poland Victory
c. 1038–1047 Miecław's Rebellion   Duchy of Poland
  Kievan Rus'
Miecław's State
Duchy of Pomerelia
Yotvingians
Polish victory
1042–1228 Finnish–Novgorodian wars   Kievan Rus' (until 1136) Yem people Various results, mostly victories[citation needed]
1043 Rus'–Byzantine War (1043)   Kievan Rus'   Byzantine Empire Defeat
1061 Sosols raid against Pskov[citation needed]   Kievan Rus' Sosols Defeat
  • Yaroslav the Wise's conquests in Estonia are lost
c. 1068–1185 Rus'-Cuman battles   Kievan Rus'   Cuman–Kipchak Confederation Mixed results, mostly Kievan Rus' victories
1065–1069[17] Rebellion of Vseslav of Polotsk[17]   Principality of Kiev
  Principality of Chernigov
  Principality of Pereyaslavl
  Kingdom of Poland (1069)
  Principality of Polotsk Allied victory
1074[citation needed] Bolesław II the Generous's raid on Kievan Rus'   Kievan Rus'   Kingdom of Poland Defeat
1076 Bolesław II the Generous's raid on Bohemia   Kingdom of Poland
  Kievan Rus'[18]
  Duchy of Bohemia Polish–Kievan victory[citation needed]
1076–1077 Kievan succession crisis[19]
  • Casus belli: death of Sviatoslav Yaroslavich (26 December 1076)
  • Vsevolod besieged Iziaslav in Volyn (1077)
  • Boris Sviatoslavich captured Chernigov, but Vsevolod ousted him (May 1077)
  • Iziaslav recovered Kiev with Polish support (July 1077)
Iziaslav Yaroslavich
  Kingdom of Poland

Boris Sviatoslavich

Vsevolod Yaroslavich Compromise
  • Iziaslav and Vsevolod concluded peace
  • Iziaslav recovered Kiev
  • Vsevolod retained Chernigov
  • Sons of Sviatoslav exiled to Tmutorakan
1078 Chernigov succession crisis[19] Iziaslav Yaroslavich
Yaropolk Iziaslavich
Vsevolod Yaroslavich
Vladimir Monomakh
Oleg Sviatoslavich
Boris Sviatoslavich
Cumans
Iziaslav–Vsevolod victory[19]
1092 Kievan–Cuman raid on Poland[20]   Kievan Rus'
  Cuman–Kipchak Confederation
  Kingdom of Poland Kievan–Cuman victory
1093 Cuman invasion of Kievan Rus'   Kievan Rus'   Cuman–Kipchak Confederation Defeat
1093–1097 Chernihiv war of succession [uk; ru][f] Izyaslavychi:
  Svyatopolk II Izyaslavych of Kyiv

Monomakhi:
  Volodimer II of Pereyaslavl
Izyaslav Volodimirovych of Murom

Svyatoslavychi:
  Oleh Svyatoslavych of Chernihiv
  Davyd Svyatoslavych of Smolensk
Council of Liubech[22]
1096-1116 Monomakh's campaign against the Cumans   Kievan Rus'   Cuman–Kipchak Confederation Victory [23]
1097–1100 Internecine war in Rus' 1097–1100 [uk; ru]   Kievan Rus'
  Kingdom of Hungary
  Principality of Volhynia (until 1098)
  Principality of Peremyshl
Zvenyhorod Principality
  Principality of Terebovlya
  Principality of Volhynia (from 1098)
Peremyshl victory
1101 Kievan–Cuman raid on Poland[citation needed]   Kievan Rus'
  Cuman–Kipchak Confederation
 Kingdom of Poland Kievan–Cuman victory
1120 Kievan–Cuman raid on Poland[20]   Kievan Rus'
  Cuman–Kipchak Confederation
  Kingdom of Poland Kievan–Cuman victory
1132–1134 1132–1134 Pereyaslavl succession crisis[24]   Yaropolk II Volodimerovich of Kiev
  Vsevolod Mstislavich of Pskov
  Iziaslav Mstislavich of Volhynia

  Yuri Dolgorukiy of Suzdalia


  Olgovichi of Chernigov[25]

Compromise[26]
c. 1132–1350[27] Swedish–Novgorodian Wars   Kievan Rus' (until 1136)   Kingdom of Sweden
  Kingdom of Norway (from 1319)
Stalemate after Black Death[27]
1139–1142 1139–1142 Kievan succession crisis[28]

  Viacheslav I of Kiev


Yurievichi:


Novgorod Republic (repeatedly switched sides)

  Olgovichi of Chernigov[25]


Mstislavichi:


Novgorod Republic (repeatedly switched sides)

Mixed results
1146–1159 1146–1159 Kievan succession crisis[25]
(also known as Internecine war in Rus' 1146–1154 [uk; ru])

Iziaslavichi (senior Mstislavichi):


Rostislavichi (junior Mstislavichi):


Mixed results
1147 Bolesław IV the Curly's raid on Old Prussians[citation needed]   Bolesław IV the Curly
  Kievan Rus'
Old Prussians Bolesław IV the Curly's victory
1167–1169 1167–1169 Kievan succession crisis Iziaslavichi of Volhynia Andrey Bogolyubsky's coalition Coalition victory
1171–1173 1171–1173 Kievan succession crisis[37] Kiev and allies
Andrey's second coalition
Kiev & Rostislavichi victory[37]
1174–1177 1174–1177 Suzdalian war of succession[37] Yurievichi of Suzdalia Yurievichi of Suzdalia Vsevolod the Big Nest's victory[37]
1187 Ruthenian raid on Lesser Poland[citation needed]   Principality of Halych   Casimir II the Just Victory
1188–1189 Béla III's military campaign against Halych   Principality of Halych   Kingdom of Hungary Defeat
1189 Casimir II the Just's raid on Halych[citation needed]   Kingdom of Hungary
  Principality of Halych
  Casimir II the Just Defeat
1195–1196 Internecine war in Rus' 1195–1196 [uk; ru] Olgovichi Monomakhovichi Indecisive
1203–1234 Campaigns of Rus' princes against the Livonian Brothers of the Sword
(see also Livonian Crusade)
  Kievan Rus'

  Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Baltic peoples
Baltic Finnic peoples

  Livonian Brothers of the Sword Defeat
  • The crusaders captured Baltic lands up to the borders of Kievan Rus' and Lithuania
1205 Roman the Great's raid on Poland   Principality of Galicia–Volhynia   Leszek I the White Defeat. Death of Roman the Great.
1206–1210 Internecine war in Rus' 1206–1210 [ru]

Mixed results
  • Olgovichi of Chernigov captured Kiev and Galicia
  • Yurievichi of Suzdalia captured Ryazan
  • Rostislavichi of Smolensk captured Novgorod
1207 Leszek I the White's raid on Rus'[citation needed]   Principality of Galicia–Volhynia   Leszek I the White
  Konrad I of Masovia
Defeat
1212–1216 Vladimir-Suzdal war of succession[39] Konstantin of Rostov
Mstislav Mstislavich
Yuri II of Vladimir
Yaroslav II of Vladimir
Konstantin victory
1213–1214, 1219, 1233–1234 Andrew II's military campaigns against Halych[citation needed]   Principality of Galicia–Volhynia   Kingdom of Hungary Victory. Hungarian retreat.
1214 Leszek I the White's raid on Volodymyr-Volynskyi   Principality of Galicia–Volhynia   Leszek I the White
  Kingdom of Hungary
Defeat
1218–1221 Polish–Hungarian–Ruthenian War[citation needed]   Principality of Galicia–Volhynia   Leszek I the White
  Kingdom of Hungary
Victory
1223 Battle of the Kalka River
(first Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus')
  Principality of Kiev
  Principality of Galicia–Volhynia
  Principality of Chernigov
  Principality of Smolensk

  Cuman–Kipchak Confederation

  Mongol Empire
Brodnici
Crushing defeat
1226 Chernihiv internecine war (1226) [uk; ru] Michael Vsevolodovych
Yuri Vsevolodovych
Vasylko Kostiantynovych
Vsevolod Kostiantynovych [uk]
Oleh of Kursk [uk; ru] Michael victory
1228–1236/40 Internecine war in Rus' 1228–1240 [uk; ru] Daniel of Galicia victory
1236–1237
  • 1236
War between Konrad I of Masovia and Galicia–Volhynia[citation needed]   Principality of Galicia–Volhynia   Konrad I of Masovia Victory
1237–1241 Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus' (second)
(see also List of battles of the Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus')
  Kievan Rus'   Mongol Empire
Brodnici
Decisive defeat[c]

Kingdom of Ruthenia and other Rus' principalities (1240–1500)

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Following the end of Kievan Rus' in 1240, it split into many Rus' principalities. The Principality, later Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia (Ruthenia) would control most of the territory of modern Ukraine for a century, after which the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Crown of the Kingdom of Poland would dominate the region.

Date Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
1248–1455 Three raids on Yotvingians   Bolesław V the Chaste
  Siemowit I of Masovia
  Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia
Yotvingians Bolesław V the Chaste's victory
1252–1254 Kuremsa raid on South Volyn   Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia   Golden Horde Victory
1280 War between Leszek II the Black and Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia   Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia   Leszek II the Black Defeat
1323 Polish-Hungarian raid on Ruthenia   Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia   Kingdom of Poland
  Kingdom of Hungary
Defeat
1340–1392 Galicia–Volhynia Wars   Kingdom of Poland
  local factions
  Kingdom of Hungary
  Duchy of Masovia
  Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Golden Horde
  local factions
  Duchy of Lodomeria
Expansion of Poland and Lithuania at expense of Rus'.
1362/1363 Battle of Blue Waters   Grand Duchy of Lithuania
  Principality of Kyiv
 Golden Horde Victory
1389–1392 Lithuanian Civil War (1389–1392)   Teutonic Knights
  Samogitia
  Rus' principalities
  Grand Duchy of Lithuania
  Kingdom of Poland
Ostrów Agreement
1409–1411
  • 1410
Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War   Kingdom of Poland
  Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Ruthenia, Masovia, Moldavia, Tatars, Czechs, Bohemia, Moravia, Wallachia, Smolensk
  State of the Teutonic Order Victory
1431–1435 Lithuanian Civil War (1431–1435)   Grand Duchy of Rus' (Polotsk, Vitebsk, Smolensk, Kyiv, Volhynia)
  Teutonic Knights
  Livonian Order
  Golden Horde
  Principality of Moldavia
  Grand Duchy of Lithuania (Samogitian Eldership, Trakai Voivodeship, Vilnius Voivodeship, Podlasie)
  Kingdom of Poland
Hussites
Defeat

Cossack Ukraine (1500–1764)

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This section contains list of wars involving Zaporozhian Cossacks (including Danubian Sich) and Cossack Hetmanate (both of right-bank and left-bank).

Uprisings

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Date Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
1591–1593 Kosiński uprising Zaporozhian Cossacks   Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Defeat
1594–1596 Nalyvaiko Uprising Zaporozhian Cossacks   Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Defeat
1625 Zhmaylo Uprising Zaporozhian Cossacks   Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Treaty of Kurukove
1630 Fedorovych Uprising Zaporozhian Cossacks   Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Renewed agreement
1635 Sulyma Uprising Zaporozhian Cossacks   Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Defeat, despite Kodak Fortress was destroyed
1637 Pavlyuk Uprising Zaporozhian Cossacks   Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Defeat
1638 Ostryanyn Uprising Zaporozhian Cossacks   Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Defeat
1648–1657
  • 1651
Khmelnytsky Uprising Zaporozhian Cossacks
  Crimean Tatars (1649–1654, 1656–1657)
  Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
  Crimean Tatars (1654–1656)
Emerging of Cossack state
1657–1658 Barabash Uprising   Cossack Hetmanate
  Crimean Tatars
Zaporozhian Cossacks Instead of previous uprisings this one was not against Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, but against actual hetman of Cossack state Ivan Vyhovsky. The uprising was defeated and Muscovite-Ukrainian war of 1658–1659 began.
1659 Bohun Uprising   Cossack Hetmanate
  Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
  Ottoman Empire
  Crimean Khanate
Zaporozhian Cossacks
  Tsardom of Russia
As well as Barabash Uprising this one was against actual hetman of Cossack state Ivan Vyhovsky. The uprising won, Vyhovsky fled to Poland.
1702–1704 Paliy Uprising Zaporozhian Cossacks
  Cossack Hetmanate
  Tsardom of Russia
  Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Defeat
1734 Haidamak Uprising, 1734 Haidamakas   Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Defeat
1750 Haidamak Uprising, 1750 Haidamakas   Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
  Russian Empire
Defeat
1768–1769 Koliivshchyna Haidamakas   Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
  Russian Empire
Defeat

Cossack naval campaigns

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Date Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
1602 Raid on Kiliya   Zaporozhian Cossacks   Ottoman Empire Victory
1606 Raid on Kiliya and Akkerman   Zaporozhian Cossacks led by Hryhoriy Izapovych   Ottoman Empire Victory
1607 Raid on Ochakiv   Zaporozhian Cossacks led by Petro Sahaidachny   Ottoman Empire Victory
1608 Raid on Perekop   Zaporozhian Cossacks led by Petro Sahaidachny   Ottoman Empire Victory
1609 Raid on Kiliya, Izmayil and Akkerman   Zaporozhian Cossacks led by Petro Sahaidachny   Ottoman Empire Victory
1613 Raid on Northern Turkey   Zaporozhian Cossacks   Ottoman Empire Victory
1614 Raid on Trabzon and Sinop in Northern Turkey   Zaporozhian Cossacks   Ottoman Empire Victory
1615 Raid on Constantinople   Zaporozhian Cossacks   Ottoman Empire Victory
1616 Raid on Kafa in Crimea, Trabzon and Sinop in Northern Turkey   Zaporozhian Cossacks led by Petro Sahaidachny   Ottoman Empire
  Crimean Khanate
Victory
1617 Raid on Constantinople   Zaporozhian Cossacks   Ottoman Empire Victory
1620 Raid on Constantinople   Zaporozhian Cossacks   Ottoman Empire Victory
1624 Raids on Istanbul   Zaporozhian Cossacks   Ottoman Empire Victory
1625 Raid on Istanbul [tr]   Zaporozhian Cossacks   Ottoman Empire Defeat
1629 Raid on Istanbul   Zaporozhian Cossacks led by Bohdan Khmelnytsky   Ottoman Empire Victory

Other conflicts

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Date Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
1558–1583 Livonian War   Livonian Confederation
  Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(before 1569 the Polish–Lithuanian union)
  Denmark–Norway
  Sweden
  Zaporozhian Cossacks
  Principality of Transylvania (after 1577)
  Tsardom of Russia
Qasim Khanate
Kingdom of Livonia
Victory
1577 Ivan Pidkova's Moldavian campaign   Zaporozhian Cossacks   Moldavia
  Ottoman Empire
Pidkova became ruler of Moldavia.
1591–1606 Long War   Holy Roman Empire

  Kingdom of Hungary
Kingdom of Croatia
  Transylvania
  Wallachia
  Moldavia
  Zaporozhian Host
  Spain
  Serbian hajduks
  Papal States
  Venice
  Tuscany
  Persia
  Knights of St. Stephen
  Duchy of Ferrara
  Duchy of Mantua
  Duchy of Savoy

  Ottoman Empire
  Crimean Khanate
  Nogai Horde
Peace of Zsitvatorok
1620–1621
  • 1621
Polish–Ottoman War   Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
  Zaporozhian Cossacks
  Ottoman Empire Indecisive.
1637–1642 Azov Campaigns (1637–1642)   Don Cossacks
  Zaporozhian Cossacks
  Ottoman Empire
  Crimean Khanate
  Nogai Horde
Victory
1654–1680 Ottoman-Cossack Conflict   Zaporozhian Cossacks of Ivan Sirko   Ottoman Empire
  Crimean Khanate
  Nogai Horde
Victory
1654–67 Russo-Polish War   Tsardom of Russia
  Zaporozhian Cossacks
  Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
  Crimean Khanate
  Zaporozhian Cossacks
Treaty of Andrusovo, division of Cossack Hetmanate between Poland and Russia
1658–1659
  • 1659
Russo-Ukrainian / Moscovian-Cossack war   Cossack Hetmanate
  Crimean Khanate
  Tsardom of Russia Pereyaslav Articles
1650, 1652, 1653 Bohdan Khmelnytsky's Moldavian campaign   Cossack Hetmanate
  Crimean Khanate
  Principality of Moldavia
  Principality of Wallachia
  Principality of Transylvania
  Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Status quo
1655–1660
  • 1655–1660
Second Northern War   Swedish Empire
  Brandenburg-Prussia (1656–1657)
  Principality of Transylvania
  Cossack Hetmanate (1657)
  Grand Duchy of Lithuania
  Wallachia
  Moldavia
  Poland–Lithuania
  Denmark–Norway
  Habsburg Monarchy
  Russia (1656–1658)
  Crimean Khanate
  Brandenburg-Prussia (1655–1656, 1657–1660)
  Dutch Republic
Indecisive for Ukraine
1666–1671 Polish–Cossack–Tatar War   Cossack Hetmanate (Doroshenko's faction)
  Crimean Khanate
  Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Defeat
1672–1676
  • 1673
Polish–Ottoman War   Ottoman Empire
  Crimean Khanate
  Principality of Moldavia
  Cossack Hetmanate (Doroshenko's faction)
  Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
  Principality of Wallachia (in 1673)
Ottoman Empire won control over parts of Ukraine
1676–1681 Russo-Turkish War   Tsardom of Russia   Ottoman Empire Treaty of Bakhchisarai
1683–1699
  • 1683
  • 1683
Polish–Ottoman War   Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth   Ottoman Empire Decisive Holy League victory.
1686–1700 Russo-Turkish War   Tsardom of Russia
  Habsburg Empire
  Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
  Cossack Hetmanate
  Ottoman Empire
  Crimean Khanate
Victory
1700–1721
  • 1709
Great Northern War   Swedish Empire
(1700–1721)
  Holstein–Gottorp
(1700–1719)
  Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(1704–1709)
  Ottoman Empire (1710–1714)

  Cossack Hetmanate (1708–1709)
  Great Britain
(1719–1721)

  Tsardom of Russia
(1700–1721)
  Electorate of Saxony
(1700–1706, 1709–1719)
  Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
(1701–1704, 1704–1709, 1709–1719)
  Denmark–Norway
(1700, 1709–1720)
  Cossack Hetmanate
(1700–1708, 1709–1721)
  Kingdom of Prussia (1715–1720)
  Electorate of Hanover (1715–1719)
  Great Britain
(1717–1719)
  Moldavia (1711)
Anti-Swedish coalition victory
1710–1711 Pruth River Campaign   Ottoman Empire

  Swedish Empire
  Cossack Hetmanate (Orlyk's faction)
  Zaporizhian Sich

  Tsardom of Russia
  Cossack Hetmanate (Skoropadsky's faction)
  Moldavia
Ottoman victory. Treaty of Pruth
1735–1739 Austro-Russian–Turkish War   Russian Empire

  Habsburg Empire

  Ottoman Empire Treaty of Niš, Treaty of Belgrade
1768–1774 Russo-Turkish War   Russian Empire

  Greek insurgents
  Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti
  Kingdom of Imereti

  Ottoman Empire Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca
1775 the fall of Zaporizhian Sich   Zaporozhian Cossacks   Russian Empire Defeat

Under Austrian and Russian empires

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War of independence (1917–1921)

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This section contains list of wars involving different Ukrainian states de facto existed between 1917 and 1922 (Ukrainian People's Republic, Ukrainian State, Western Ukrainian People's Republic, Hutsul Republic, Komancza Republic) and other Ukrainian anti-bolshevik state formations (Kuban People's Republic, Makhnovshchina, Ukrainian Republic of the Far East).

Date Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
1917–1921
  • 1918
  • 1918
Ukrainian War of IndependenceUkrainian–Soviet War
  Ukrainian People's Republic
  Ukrainian Galician Army
  Germany (until 1918)
  Russian SFSR
  Ukrainian SSR
Bolshevik victory
7–8 January 1919 Hutsul uprising   Hutsul Republic
  Hungary
Victory
1918–1919
  • 1918
  • 1918
  • 1919
Ukrainian War of IndependencePolish–Ukrainian War

  West Ukrainian People's Republic
  Ukrainian People's Republic
  Hutsul Republic
  Komancza Republic

  Poland
  Romania
  Hungary
  Czechoslovakia

Polish victory: Treaty of Warsaw (1920)
1919–1921 Polish–Soviet War
(see also List of battles of the Polish–Soviet War)
  Second Polish Republic
  Ukrainian People's Republic
  Russian SFSR
  Ukrainian SSR
  Byelorussian SSR
  Polrewkom
Polish victory: Treaty of Riga (1921)
  • Ukrainian People's Republic is defeated; most of Ukraine's territory becomes part of the Ukrainian SSR, which joins the Soviet Union in 1922
  • Second Polish Republic achieves independence and annexes parts of western Ukraine.
1917–1920 Russian Civil WarSouthern Front   Ukrainian People's Republic
  Georgia
  Armenia
  Azerbaijan
  Insurgent Army[groupnameA 1]

  Russian SFSR[groupnameB 1]
  Ukrainian SSR[groupnameB 1]
  South Russia[groupnameB 1]
  Insurgent Army[groupnameA 1]

Bolshevik victory
1920-1921 Soviet-Makhnovist conflict   Makhnovshchina   Russian SFSR
  Ukrainian SSR
Soviet victory: Makhnovists Defeated
  • Anarchists destroyed & retreat to Roumania.
  • Fail to create new Ukrainian State.
1918–1923 Russian Civil WarEastern Front   Green Ukraine
Buryat-Mongolia
  Transbaikal Republic[groupnameB 1]
  Russian SFSR[groupnameB 1]
Bolshevik victory

Interwar period (1922–1938)

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In 1922, the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic was incorporated into the Soviet Union. No major armed conflicts on Soviet Ukrainian territory would take place until 1939, although Ukrainian 'national units' would be used as national military formations of the Red Army until 1934 and, as such, fight in Soviet armed conflicts elsewhere in the world. Also, as a response to the collectivization, various peasant rebellions took place in 1929-1933 across the Soviet Union, including Ukraine, which were suppressed by the Soviet authorities.[40] The western areas of Ukraine (including most of the former West Ukrainian People's Republic's claimed territories) that were annexed by the Second Polish Republic similarly saw no fighting in the interwar period until 1939, although some small and brief armed conflicts did occur elsewhere in Poland in this period.

World War II (1939–1945)

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This section contains only military activity of non-Soviet and non-Nazi Ukrainian organizations.

Date Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
1939 Hungarian occupation of Carpathian Ukraine   Carpatho-Ukraine   Hungary Defeat
1939–1947 World War II – Polish-Ukrainian conflict   Ukrainian Insurgent Army
  Ukrainian People's Revolutionary Army
  Home Army
  People's Army
  Polish People's Republic
Soviet occupation of Western Ukraine
1941 World War IIDeclaration of Ukrainian Independence, 1941   Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists   Germany Cessation of OUN and German co-operation, commencement of the purely pro-Ukrainian UPA
1942–1944 World War II – Non-Soviet anti-Nazi activity   Ukrainian Insurgent Army
  Ukrainian People's Revolutionary Army
  Germany Potsdam Conference
1942–1960 World War II – Anti-Soviet activity   Ukrainian Insurgent Army
  Ukrainian People's Revolutionary Army
  Soviet Union Cessation of activity

21st century

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Date Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
2014–present Russo-Ukrainian War:   Ukraine   Russia
In Donbas:

Supported by:

Ongoing

Peacekeeping missions

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Peacekeeping missions of Ukraine since 1991

Completed

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Mission Start-date End-date Location Troops (regular)
UNPROFOR 1992 1995   Yugoslavia 1,303
UNMOT 1994 2000   Tajikistan 21
UNMIBH 1995 1999   Bosnia and Herzegovina 400
UNPREDEP 1995 1999   Macedonia 1
UNTAES 1996 1998   Croatia (Slavonija) 511
MONUA 1996 1999   Angola 216
UNMOP 1996 2002   Croatia
  Yugoslavia
(Prevlaka)
2
MINUGUA 1997 1997   Guatemala 8
Ukraine Diplomatic Support in Transnistria 1990 1992   Transnistria 0
UNOMIG 1999 2005   Georgia 530
UNIFIL 2000 2006   Lebanon 650
ISAF 2000 2001   Afghanistan 1
UNAMSIL 2001 2005   Sierra Leone 530
UNIKOM 2003 2003   Kuwait 448
UNMIL 2003 2018   Liberia 275
UNMEE 2004 2008   Ethiopia
  Eritrea
7
MNF-I[g] 2005 2008   Iraq 1,660
UNOMIG 2008 2009   Georgia 37
UNOCI 2011 2017   Côte d'Ivoire 1,303

Withdrawn

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Mission Start-date End-date Location Troops (regular)
Kosovo Force 1999 2022
(August 3)[44]
  Kosovo 40
MONUSCO 2000 2022
(September 18)[45]
  Democratic Republic of the Congo 250
UNMISS 2012 2022
(April)[46]
  South Sudan 28[47]
MINUSMA 2019 2022
(March)[46]
  Mali 20

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ The timespan of Kievan Rus' is generally dated from c. 880 to 1240,[4] but its precise origins are shrouded in mystery, influenced by later distortions, and the subject of modern scholary dispute.[5][6] Because 'no adequate system of succession to the Kyivan throne was developed'[7] after the death of Yaroslav the Wise (r. 1019–1054, a process of gradual political disintegration would commence.[7] The Mongol siege and sack of Kiev in 1240 is generally held to mark the end of Kievan Rus'.[4] Modern historians from Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine alike consider Kievan Rus' the first period of their modern countries' histories.[7]
  2. ^ Principalities of Kievan Rus' between the 9th century and 1240 included Kiev (Kyiv), Beloozero, Chernigov (Chernihiv), Drutsk, Halych (Galicia), Jersika, Koknese, Murom, the Novgorod Republic, Novgorod-Seversk (Novhorod-Siversk), Peremyshl (Przemyśl), Pereyaslavl (Pereiaslav), Polotsk (Polatsk), Ryazan (Riazan), Terebovlia, Turov and Pinsk (Turau-Pinsk, Turovian Rus'), Vladimir-Suzdal (Rostov, Suzdalia), Volhynia (Volyn, Volodymyr), and Yaroslavl. Halych and Volhynia would be unified in 1199, and raised to the Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia (Ruthenia) in 1253, but lost the (mostly destroyed) city of Kiev in 1240 to the Golden Horde.[4] Pskov Land (Pleskov) was formally part of the Novgorod Republic before 1240, but eventually became the independent Pskov Republic in 1348.[9] Vladimir-Suzdalia would fragment into several smaller principalities after 1240, such as Tver (1246), Moscow (Muscovy; 1263), and Novgorod-Suzdal (1341).
  3. ^ a b c d After the Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus' of 1237–1241 (including the 1240 sack of Kiev which ended Kievan Rus'[4]), most of the surviving Rus' principalities (exceptions included the Novgorod Republic[4]) were forced to pay tribute and homage to Batu Khan (residing in Sarai on the Volga) of the newly-established Mongol-Tatar Golden Horde.[10]
  4. ^ 'Sometime during the reign of Hasan Ibn Zaid, ruler of Tabaristan (r. 864–884), the Rus sailed into the Caspian Sea and unsuccessfully attacked the eastern shore at Abaskun. This was probably a raid on very small scale (...) Great raids, however, took place in c. 913, in 943, in 965 and in c. 1041.'[11]
  5. ^ Cross & Sherbowitz-Wetzor (1953): 'Practically all modern investigators consider Igor's second expedition unhistorical, e.g., Shakhmatov, Razÿskaniya, p. 395: "Igor's expedition of 944 after the attack of 941 appears clearly as invented to cover up the inglorious event of which the annalist learned from the continuator of Hamartolus." So also Hrushevsky, Istoriya Ukrainy-Rusi, I (Kiev, 1913), p. 442-ff; and Laehr, op. cit., pp. 101-103. Vasiliev, however, Hist., p. 322, accepts the chronicle account. (...)'[14]
  6. ^ The war broke out due to the death of Vsevolod I Yaroslavych, grand prince of Kyiv, and prince of Chernihiv and Pereyaslavl.[21]
  7. ^ For further information, see Ukrainian involvement in the Iraq War.
  1. ^ a b Insurgent Army was an ally both of Ukrainian states and Soviets in different times.
  1. ^ a b c d e White Army and Red Army were not allies but both of them were opponents of Ukrainian movement.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Oekraïne §5. Geschiedenis". Encarta Encyclopedie Winkler Prins (in Dutch). Microsoft Corporation/Het Spectrum. 1993–2002.
  2. ^ "Інститут історії України". history.org.ua. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
  3. ^ "Історія". www.museumsun.org. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Rusland §2. Het Rijk van Kiëv". Encarta Encyclopedie Winkler Prins (in Dutch). Microsoft Corporation/Het Spectrum. 2002.
  5. ^ Martin 2009b, p. 2.
  6. ^ Logan 2005, p. 184.
  7. ^ a b c Katchanovski et al. 2013, p. 1.
  8. ^ Katchanovski et al. 2013, p. 196.
  9. ^ "Pskov §1. Geschiedenis". Encarta Encyclopedie Winkler Prins (in Dutch). Microsoft Corporation/Het Spectrum. 2002.
  10. ^ "Gouden Horde". Encarta Encyclopedie Winkler Prins (in Dutch). Microsoft Corporation/Het Spectrum. 2002.
  11. ^ Logan 2005, p. 182.
  12. ^ Janet Martin. Treasure of the Land of Darkness: The Fur Trade and Its Significance for Medieval Russia. Cambridge University Press, 2004. P. 115
  13. ^ Vilhelm Ludvig Peter Thomsen. The Relations Between Ancient Russia and Scandinavia, and the Origin of the Russian State. (2010), p. 25. Cambridge University Press.
  14. ^ Cross & Sherbowitz-Wetzor 1953, p. 237.
  15. ^ a b Kohn 2013, p. 587.
  16. ^ a b c Katchanovski et al. 2013, p. 75.
  17. ^ a b c d e f g h i Martin 2007, p. 31.
  18. ^ Martin 2007, p. 56.
  19. ^ a b c d e Martin 2007, p. 57.
  20. ^ a b Hypatian Codex
  21. ^ Martin 1995, p. 30–32, 55.
  22. ^ Martin 1995, p. 55.
  23. ^ Гумилев 2023, p. 130.
  24. ^ a b c Martin 2007, p. 117.
  25. ^ a b c d Martin 2007, p. 119.
  26. ^ Martin 2007, pp. 117–118.
  27. ^ a b Kari, Risto: Suomalaisten keskiaika, 2004. ISBN 951-0-28321-5. See page 163; Paul, "Archbishop Vasilii Kalika of Novgorod," 266-269.
  28. ^ a b Martin 2007, pp. 119–121.
  29. ^ a b c d e Martin 2007, p. 121.
  30. ^ a b Martin 2007, pp. 121–123.
  31. ^ a b c Martin 2007, p. 123.
  32. ^ Martin 2007, pp. 121–122.
  33. ^ a b Martin 2007, p. 122.
  34. ^ a b c Martin 2007, pp. 124–127.
  35. ^ a b c d Martin 2007, p. 127.
  36. ^ a b c Martin 2007, p. 124.
  37. ^ a b c d e f Martin 2007, p. 128.
  38. ^ a b Pelenski 1988, p. 777.
  39. ^ a b Alef, Gustave (1956). A history of the Muscovite civil war: the reign of Vasili II (1425–1462) (PhD). p. 11. Retrieved 7 May 2023 – via ProQuest. When Vsevold died in 1212 he divided his territories among his sons, the largest portion going to the second oldest, Iuri. Immediately the sons began to war amongst themselves, each striving to achieve a more favorable position and lands which contributed to the decline of the Suzdal-Vladimir principality.
  40. ^ Viola, Lynne (1999). Peasant Rebels Under Stalin: Collectivization and the Culture of Peasant Resistance. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195131048
  41. ^ Jankowicz, Mia. "Ukraine says it attacked North Korean troops for the first time". Business Insider. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
  42. ^ "Ukraine confirms 1st engagement with North Korea troops: South Korea media". Nikkei Asia. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
  43. ^ https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/north-korean-troops-russia-shelled-ukrainian-forces-official-115509831
  44. ^ "Ukraine to start pullout of peacekeepers from Kosovo - report". Reuters. 3 August 2022.
  45. ^ Cyuzuzo, Samba (2022-09-18). "Ukraine troops leave DR Congo peacekeeping mission Monusco". BBC News. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
  46. ^ a b "Troop and police contributors". United Nations Peacekeeping. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
  47. ^ Спецільний миротворчий центр / Special peacekeeping center

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