List of wars involving Ukraine
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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 Kyivan Rus' times to the present day. It also includes wars fought outside Ukraine by Ukrainian military.
The Kyivan Rus' is considered as the first national Ukrainian state (together with Belarus and Russia), the Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia (Ruthenia) as 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).
Ukrainian victory Ukrainian defeat Another result (e.g. a treaty or peace without a clear result) Ongoing conflict
Kyivan Rus' and the Kingdom of Ruthenia (800s-1349)
This section contains list of wars involving Kyivan Rus' and its principalities (Principality of Kyiv, Principality of Chernihiv, Principality of Pereyaslavl, Principality of Volhynia, Principality of Terebovlia, Principality of Halych, Principality of Turov and Pinsk), Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia (Ruthenia) and Ukrainian duchies under Polish and Lithuanian crowns (like Duchy of Kyiv).
Cossack Ukraine (1649-1764)
This section contains list of wars involving Zaporozhian Cossacks (including Danubian Sich) and Cossack Hetmanate (both of right-bank and left-bank).
Uprisings
Cossack naval campaigns
Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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1602 | Raid on Kiliya | Zaporozhian Cossacks | ![]() |
Victory |
1606 | Raid on Kiliya and Akkerman | Zaporozhian Cossacks led by Hryhoriy Izapovych | ![]() |
Victory |
1607 | Raid on Ochakiv | Zaporozhian Cossacks led by Petro Konashevych-Sahaidachny | ![]() |
Victory |
1608 | Raid on Perekop | Zaporozhian Cossacks led by Petro Sahaidachny | ![]() |
Victory |
1609 | Raid on Kiliya, Izmayil and Akkerman | Zaporozhian Cossacks led by Petro Sahaidachny | ![]() |
Victory |
1613 | Raid on Northern Turkey | Zaporozhian Cossacks | ![]() |
Victory |
1614 | Raid on Trabzon and Sinop in Northern Turkey | Zaporozhian Cossacks | ![]() |
Victory |
1615 | Raid on Constantinople | Zaporozhian Cossacks | ![]() |
Victory |
1616 | Raid on Kafa in Crimea, Trabzon and Sinop in Northern Turkey | Zaporozhian Cossacks led by Petro Sahaidachny | ![]() ![]() |
Victory |
1617 | Raid on Constantinople | Zaporozhian Cossacks | ![]() |
Victory |
Other conflicts
Under Austrian and Russian empires
War of independence (1917–1921)
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).
Interwar period (1922–1938)
In 1922, the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic was incorporated into the Soviet Union. No 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. 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)
This section contains only military activity of non-Soviet and non-Nazi Ukrainian organizations.
Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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1939 | Hungarian occupation of Carpathian Ukraine | ![]() |
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Defeat |
1941 | World War II — Declaration of Ukrainian Independence, 1941 | ![]() |
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Cessation of OUN and German co-operation, commencement of the purely pro-Ukrainian UPA |
1942–1944 | World War II — Non-Soviet anti-Nazi activity | ![]() ![]() |
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Potsdam Conference |
1942–1947 | World War II — Non-Soviet anti-Polish activity | ![]() ![]() |
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Polish–Soviet border agreement and Vistula Operation |
1942–1950 | World War II — Anti-Soviet activity | ![]() ![]() |
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Cessation of activity |
21st century
Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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2001 | 2001 insurgency in the Republic of Macedonia | ![]() |
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Ceasefire
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2014–present | Russo-Ukrainian War: | ![]() |
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Ongoing |
Peacekeeping missions
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Completed
Mission | Start-date | End-date | Location | Troops (regular) |
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UNPROFOR | 1992 | 1995 | ![]() |
1303 |
UNMOT | 1994 | 2000 | ![]() |
21 |
UNMIBH | 1995 | 1999 | ![]() |
400 |
UNPREDEP | 1995 | 1999 | ![]() |
1 |
UNTAES | 1996 | 1998 | ![]() |
511 |
MONUA | 1996 | 1999 | ![]() |
216 |
UNMOP | 1996 | 2002 | ![]() ![]() (Prevlaka) |
2 |
MINUGUA | 1997 | 1997 | ![]() |
8 |
1998 | 2001 | ![]() |
23 | |
1999 | 2003 | ![]() |
149 | |
UNOMIG | 1999 | 2005 | ![]() |
530 |
UNIFIL | 2000 | 2006 | ![]() |
650 |
ISAF | 2000 | 2001 | ![]() |
1 |
UNAMSIL | 2001 | 2005 | ![]() |
530 |
UNIKOM | 2003 | 2003 | ![]() |
448 |
UNMEE | 2004 | 2008 | ![]() ![]() |
7 |
MNF-I | 2005 | 2008 | ![]() |
1690 |
2008 | 2009 | ![]() |
37 |
Current
Mission | Start-date | Location | Troops (regular) |
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MONUC MONUSCO |
2000 | ![]() |
13 |
UNMIL | 2003 | ![]() |
275 |
UNOCI | 2011 | ![]() |
1303 |
UNMISS | 2012 | ![]() |
28[9] |
MINUSMA | 2019 | ![]() |
20 |
2022 |
See also
- List of conflicts in Europe
- List of invasions and occupations of Ukraine
- List of wars between Russia and Ukraine
Notes
- ^ The war broke out due to the death of Vsevolod I Yaroslavych, grand prince of Kyiv, and prince of Chernihiv and Pereyaslavl[4]
References
- ^ a b "Oekraïne §5. Geschiedenis". Encarta Encyclopedie Winkler Prins (in Dutch). Microsoft Corporation/Het Spectrum. 1993–2002.
- ^ "Інститут історії України". history.org.ua. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
- ^ "Історія". www.museumsun.org. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
- ^ Martin 1995, p. 30–32, 55.
- ^ Martin 1995, p. 55.
- ^ Zerkalo Nedeli (28 February 2002). "Paper critical of Western call on Ukraine to stop selling arms to Macedonia". Free Republic. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
- ^ Carlotta Gall (23 July 2001). "Rebels Secure a Base in Macedonian Town". New York Times. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
- ^ Taras Kuzio (31 October 2001). "UKRAINE FORGES MILITARY ALLIANCE WITH MACEDONIA". The Jamestown. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
- ^ Спецільний миротворчий центр / Special peacekeeping center
Sources
- Крип'якевич І., Гнатевич Б. та ін. Історія українського війська., Львів, 1992., pp. 193–194.
- Martin, Janet (1995). Medieval Russia, 980–1584. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 450. ISBN 9780521368322. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
- Сокульський А.Л. Флот Запорозької Січі в XVI-XVIII ст.: структурна організація, технологія та військове мистецтво. Дис. к.і.н., К., 1999. pp. 113–114.