List of wars involving Ukraine
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The following is an incomplete list of major wars fought by Ukraine, by Ukrainian people or regular armies during periods when independent Ukrainian states existed, from antiquity to the present day. It also includes wars fought outside of Ukraine by Ukrainian military.
The separate section contains list of wars involving Crimean Tatars' states.
The list gives the name, the date, combatants, and the result of these conflicts following this legend:
- Ukrainian victory
- Ukrainian defeat
- Another result (e.g. a treaty or peace without a clear result, status quo ante bellum, result of civil or internal conflict, result unknown or indecisive)
- Ongoing conflict
Contents
Kievan Rus
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This section contains list of wars involving Kievan Rus' and its principalities located on the territory of modern Ukraine (Principality of Kiev, Principality of Chernigov, Principality of Pereyaslavl, Principality of Volhynia, Principality of Terebovlia, Principality of Halych, Principality of Turov and Pinsk), Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia and Ukrainian duchies under Polish and Lithuanian crowns (like Duchy of Kyiv).
Cossack Ukraine
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 |
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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 Konashevych-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 |
Other conflicts
Under Austrian and Russian empires
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War of independence
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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, Free Territory, Ukrainian Republic of the Far East).
Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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1917–21
|
Ukrainian War of Independence — Ukrainian–Soviet War | Ukraine Ukrainian Galician Army German Empire (until 1918) |
Russian SFSR Ukrainian SSR |
Defeat |
7–8 January 1919 | Hutsul uprising | Hutsul Republic |
Hungary |
Victory |
1918–19
|
Ukrainian War of Independence — Polish–Ukrainian War | West Ukrainian People's Republic Ukrainian People's Republic |
Poland | Defeat |
1919–21 | Polish–Soviet War (see also List of battles of the Polish–Soviet War) |
Second Polish Republic Ukrainian nationalists |
Russian SFSR Ukrainian SSR Byelorussian SSR Polrewkom |
Polish victory, Ukrainian defeat (Peace of Riga) |
1917–20 | Russian Civil War — Southern Front | Ukraine Georgia Armenia Azerbaijan Black Army[groupnameA 1] |
Russian SFSR[groupnameB 1] | Defeat |
1918–23 | Russian Civil War — Eastern Front | Green Ukraine Buryat-Mongolia |
White Movement[groupnameB 1] Russian SFSR[groupnameB 1] |
Defeat |
As a part of Soviet Union
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This section contains list of wars involving also different Soviet republics which were located on the territory of modern Ukraine and were de jure independent (Ukrainian People's Republic of Soviets, Ukrainian Soviet Republic, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, Taurida Soviet Socialist Republic, Odessa Soviet Republic, Donetsk-Krivoy Rog Soviet Republic).
World War II
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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 |
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1939 | Hungarian occupation of Carpathian Ukraine | Carpatho-Ukraine | Hungary | Defeat |
1941 | World War II — Declaration of Ukrainian Independence, 1941 | Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists | Nazi Germany | Cessation of OUN and German co-operation, commencement of the purely pro-Ukrainian UPA |
1942–44 | World War II — Non-Soviet anti-Nazi activity | Ukrainian Insurgent Army Ukrainian People's Revolutionary Army |
Nazi Germany | Potsdam Conference |
1942–47 | World War II — Non-Soviet anti-Polish activity | Ukrainian Insurgent Army Ukrainian People's Revolutionary Army |
Armia Krajowa Armia Ludowa |
Polish–Soviet border agreement and Vistula Operation |
1942–50 | World War II — Anti-Soviet activity | Ukrainian Insurgent Army Ukrainian People's Revolutionary Army |
Soviet Union | Cessation of activity |
Wars involving Crimean Tatars' states
This section contains wars involving Crimean Khanate and Crimean People's Republic.
Since 1991
Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result
|
|
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2014–present | Russo-Ukrainian War: | Ukraine | Russia In Donbas: |
Ongoing
|
|
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine (Current) | |||||
Battle of Kherson | 24–26 February 2022 | Ukraine | Russia | Ongoing | |
First battle of Sumy | 24–25 February 2022 | Ukraine | Russia | Victory | |
Battle of Antonov Airport | 24–25 February 2022 | Ukraine | Russia | Defeat | |
Battle of Chernobyl | 24 February 2022 | Ukraine | Russia Belarus |
Defeat | |
Battle of Snake Island | 24 February 2022 | Ukraine | Russia | Defeat | |
Battle of Chernihiv (1st phase) | 24–25 February 2022 | Ukraine | Russia | Victory | |
Battle of Chernihiv (2nd phase) | 24 February 2022 | Ukraine | Russia | Ongoing | |
Battle of Konotop | 24–26 February 2022 | Ukraine | Russia | Defeat | |
Battle of Kharkiv | 24 February 2022 | Ukraine | Russia | Ongoing | |
Battle of Ivankiv | 25 February 2022 | Ukraine | Russia | Ongoing | |
Battle of Starobilsk | 25 February 2022 | Ukraine | Russia | Ongoing | |
Millerovo air base attack | 25 February 2022 | Ukraine | Russia | Victory | |
Battle of Melitopol | 25 February 2022 | Ukraine | Russia | Ongoing | |
Battle of Koblevo | 25 February 2022 | Ukraine | Russia | Heavy casualties sustained by Russia | |
Battle of Kyiv | 25 February 2022 | Ukraine | Russia | Ongoing | |
Battle of Vasylkiv | 26 February 2022 | Ukraine | Russia | Victory | |
Battle of Brody | 26 February 2022 | Ukraine | Russia | Ongoing | |
Second Battle of Sumy | 26 February 2022 | Ukraine | Russia | Ongoing |
Peacekeeping missions
Completed
Mission | Start-date | End-date | Location | Troops (regular) |
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UNPROFOR | 1992 | 1995 | Yugoslavia | 1303 |
UNMOT | 1994 | 2000 | Tajikistan | 21 |
UNMIBH | 1995 | 1999 | Bosnia and Hercegovina | 400 |
UNPREDEP | 1995 | 1999 | Republic of 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 |
1998 | 2001 | Kosovo | 23 | |
1999 | 2003 | Kosovo | 149 | |
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 |
UNMEE | 2004 | 2008 | Ethiopia Eritrea |
7 |
MNF-I | 2005 | 2008 | Iraq | 1690 |
2008 | 2009 | Georgia | 37 |
Current
Mission | Start-date | Location | Troops (regular) |
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MONUC MONUSCO |
2000 | Congo DR | 13 |
UNMIL | 2003 | Liberia | 275 |
UNOCI | 2011 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1303 |
MINUSMA | 2019 | Mali | 20 |
See also
Notes
Sources
- Крип'якевич І., Гнатевич Б. та ін. Історія українського війська. – Львів, 1992. – С.193–194
- Сокульський А.Л. Флот Запорозької Січі в XVI-XVIII ст.: структурна організація, технологія та військове мистецтво. Дис. к.і.н. – К., 1999. – С.113–114.