List of wars involving Ukraine
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
Kievan Rus
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
Cossack naval campaigns
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
War of independence
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) |
Republic of Poland |
Russian SFSR Ukrainian SSR |
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
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
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 | Defeat |
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.
Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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5 August 1506 | Battle of Kletsk | Crimean Khanate | Grand Duchy of Lithuania | Decisive Lithuanian victory |
April 28, 1512 | Battle of Wisniowiec | Crimean Tatars | Kingdom of Poland | Polish-Lithuanian victory |
January 27, 1527 | Battle of Olshanitsa | Grand Duchy of Lithuania | Crimean Khanate | Lithuanian victory |
9–11 May 1583 | Battle of Torches | Ottoman Empire | Safavid Persia
Georgian irregurals |
Decisive Ottoman victory |
September 19–20, 1595 | Battle of Cecora | Ottoman Empire | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth | Polish victory |
27-July–2 August 1572 | Battle of Molodi | Crimean Khanate | Tsardom of Russia | Decisive Russian victory |
28 January 1606 | Battle of Udycz | Crimean Tatars | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth | Polish-Lithuanian victory |
9 July 1612 | Battle of Cornul lui Sas | Moldavia | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth | Moldavian victory |
20 June 1624 | Battle of Martynów | Crimean Tatars | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth | Polish-Lithuanian victory |
30 January 1644 | Battle of Okhmativ | Crimean Tatars | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth | Polish victory |
28–30 1651 | Battle of Berestechko | Zaporozhian Cossacks | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth | Decisive Polish victory |
August, 1656 | Battle of Łowicz | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth | Sweden | Polish and tatar victory |
17 September–7 October 1620 | Battle of Cecora | Ottoman Empire Crimean khanate Wallachia Lipka Tatars Transylvania |
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth | Decisive Ottoman victory |
2 September–8 October 1621 | Battle of Khotyn | Ottoman Empire | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth victory |
27 September–2 November 1660 | Battle of Chudnov | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth | Tsardom of Russia | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth victory |
October 6–16, 1667 | Battle of Podhajce | Crimean Khanate | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth | Polish-Lithuanian victory |
August 5, 1716 | Battle of Petrovaradin | Archduchy of Austria
Duchy of Württemburg |
Ottoman Empire | Decisive Habsburg victory |
11 June 1764 | Battle of Hodów | Crimean Khanate | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth | Polish victory |
16 October 1853 – 30 March 1856 | Crimean war |
|
|
Allied victory |
January 1918 | Bolshevik coup d'etat of Crimean People's Republic | Crimean People's Republic | Bolsheviks | Bolshevik Victory |
Since 1991
Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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2014–present | Russian invasion in Ukraine: | Ukraine | Russia In Donbass: |
Ongoing |
Peacekeeping missions
Completed
Mission | Start-date | End-date | Location | Troops (regular) |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Notes
- Black Army was an ally both of Ukrainian states and Soviets in different times.
- White Army and Red Army were not allies but both of them were opponents of Ukrainian movement.
References
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.