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 Kyiv, 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).
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Cossack Ukraine
This section contains list of wars involving Zaporozhian Cossacks (including Danubian Sich) and Cossack Hetmanate (both of righ-bank and left-bank).
Uprisings
Cossack naval campaigns
| Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1602 | Raid on Kiliya | Zaporozhian Cossacks |  Ottoman Empire |
Succeed |
| 1606 | Raid on Kiliya and Akkerman | Zaporozhian Cossacks led by Hryhoriy Izapovych | Ottoman Empire |
Succeed |
| 1607 | Raid on Ochakiv | Zaporozhian Cossacks led by Petro Konashevych-Sahaidachny | Ottoman Empire |
Succeed |
| 1608 | Raid on Perekop | Zaporozhian Cossacks led by Petro Sahaidachny | Ottoman Empire |
Succeed |
| 1609 | Raid on Kiliya, Izmayil and Akkerman | Zaporozhian Cossacks led by Petro Sahaidachny | Ottoman Empire |
Succeed |
| 1613 | Raid on Northern Turkey | Zaporozhian Cossacks | Ottoman Empire |
Succeed |
| 1614 | Raid on Trabzon and Sinop in Northern Turkey | Zaporozhian Cossacks | Ottoman Empire |
Succeed |
| 1615 | Raid on Constantinople | Zaporozhian Cossacks | Ottoman Empire |
Succeed |
| 1616 | Raid on Kafa in Crimea, Trabzon and Sinop in Northern Turkey | Zaporozhian Cossacks led by Petro Sahaidachny | Ottoman Empire Crimean Khanate |
Succeed |
| 1617 | Raid on Constantinople | Zaporozhian Cossacks | Ottoman Empire |
Succeed |
Other conflicts
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1917-21
|
Ukrainian War of Independence — Ukrainian–Soviet War |  Ukraine Ukrainian Galician Army German Empire (until 1918) |
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Defeat |
1918-19
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Ukrainian War of Independence — Polish–Ukrainian War | West Ukrainian People's Republic
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 Poland
|
Defeat |
| 1919-21 | Polish–Soviet War (see also List of battles of the Polish–Soviet War) |
Republic of Poland |
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Polish victory, Ukrainian defeat (Peace of Riga) |
| 1917-20 | Russian Civil War — Southern Front | Ukraine.svg.png){kind=small} Georgia Armenia Azerbaijan Black Army[1] |
Red Army[2] White Army[2] Black Army[1] |
Defeat |
| 1918-23 | Russian Civil War — Eastern Front |  Green Ukraine.svg.png){kind=small} Buryat-Mongolia |
White Movement[2] Bolshevik[2] |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | Hungarian occupation of Carpathian Ukraine | Carpatho-Ukraine |
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Defeat |
| 1941 | World War II — Declaration of Ukrainian Independence, 1941 |  Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists |
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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 |
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Crimean crisis (Russian intervention) |
Ukraine |
Russia |
Annexation of Crimea |
| 2014–2016 | War in Donbass (Timeline) |
Ukraine |
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Ongoing |
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Peacekeeping missions
Completed
| Mission | Start-date | End-date | Location | Troops (regular) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNPROFOR | 1992 | 1995 |  Yugoslavia |
1303 |
| UNMOT | 1994 | 2000 |  Tajikistan |
21 |
| UNMIBH | 1995 | 1999 | .svg.png){kind=small} 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 | .svg.png){kind=small} Georgia |
530 |
| UNIFIL | 2000 | 2006 |  Lebanon |
650 |
| ISAF | 2000 | 2001 | .svg.png){kind=small} 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| MONUC MONUSCO |
2000 |  Congo DR |
13 |
| UNMIL | 2003 |  Liberia |
275 |
| UNOCI | 2011 |  Côte d'Ivoire |
1303 |
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.
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