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 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)

This section is an excerpt from List of wars involving Kievan Rus'.[edit]

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] Siege of Kiev (968)	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' Olga of Kiev	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] Casus belli: death of Sviatoslav I of Kiev[15]	Kievan Rus' Kiev (Yaropolk I †) Polotsk (Rogvolod †)	Kievan Rus' Drevlians (Oleg of Drelinia †) Novgorod (Volodimer)	Volodimer victory
c. 981	Polish campaign of Volodimer I	Kievan Rus' (Volodimer I of Kiev)	Duchy of Poland (Mieszko I?)	Victory Cherven Cities incorporated into Kievan Rus'
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 Rus'–Byzantine marriage alliance[16] Baptism of Volodimer I of Kiev[16] Further Christianization of Kievan Rus'[16]
997	Norwegian Raid of the Rus^[citation needed]	Kievan Rus'	Norwegian Vikings^[citation needed]	Defeat Ladoga destroyed^[citation needed]
1015–1019	Kievan succession crisis (also known as Feud of the Volodymyrovychi [uk] or Internecine war in Rus' (1015–1019) [ru]) Bolesław I's intervention in the Kievan succession crisis (June–Sept. 1018)	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) Novgorod Republic	Yem people	Various results, mostly victories^[citation needed] The wars' effect on the Finns' society contributed to the eventual Swedish conquest of western Finland circa 1249^[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 (from Alta River to Igor's Campaign; the historicity of Igor's Campaign is disputed)	Kievan Rus'	Cuman–Kipchak Confederation	Mixed results, mostly Kievan Rus' victories
1065–1069[17]	Rebellion of Vseslav of Polotsk[17] Sieges of Pskov and Novgorod (1065–1067)[17] Battle on the Nemiga River (1067)[17] Kiev uprising of 1068[17] Polish intervention, restoration of Iziaslav I of Kiev (1069)[17]	Principality of Kiev Principality of Chernigov Principality of Pereyaslavl Kingdom of Poland (1069)	Principality of Polotsk	Allied victory Principality of Polotsk is defeated (1067)[17] Vseslav briefly reigned in Kiev (1068–May 1069)[17] Restoration of Iziaslav I of Kiev (May 1069)[17]
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] Sviatoslavichi and Cumans initially defeated Vsevolod[19] Battle of the Nizhatyn Field [uk][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' Siege of Torchesk Battle of the Stuhna River Battle of the Zhelyan River [uk] Battle of Snovsk	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 Battle of Trubezh [ru] Battle of the Suten river [ru] Battle of the Salnitsa river	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] Casus belli: Pereyaslavl succession after death of Mstislav I Volodimerovich of Kiev[24] 1134 resumption: Viacheslav, given Pereyaslavl in 1132 compromise, left for Turov[24]	Yaropolk II Volodimerovich of Kiev Vsevolod Mstislavich of Pskov Iziaslav Mstislavich of Volhynia	Yuri Dolgorukiy of Suzdalia Olgovichi of Chernigov[25]	Compromise[26] Andrey Volodimerovich gained Pereyaslavl (1135) Monomakhovichi split into rival Mstislavichi and Yurievichi
c. 1132–1350[27]	Swedish–Novgorodian Wars	Kievan Rus' (until 1136) Novgorod Republic	Kingdom of Sweden Kingdom of Norway (from 1319)	Stalemate after Black Death[27]
1139–1142	1139–1142 Kievan succession crisis[28] Casus belli: death of Yaropolk Volodimerovich II of Kiev[25]	Viacheslav I of Kiev Yurievichi: Yuri Dolgorukiy of Rostov-Suzdal Rostislav Yuryevich (r. Novgorod 1138–40, 41–42) Novgorod Republic (repeatedly switched sides)	Olgovichi of Chernigov[25] Mstislavichi: Iziaslav Mstislavich of Volhynia[29] Sviatopolk Mstislavich of Pskov[28] Novgorod Republic (repeatedly switched sides)	Mixed results Viacheslav lost Kiev and Pereyaslavl Yurievichi of Suzdalia lost Novgorod Olgovichi of Chernigov gained Kiev Iziaslav Mstislavich of Volhynia gained Pereyaslavl Sviatopolk Mstislavich of Pskov gained Novgorod
1146–1159	1146–1159 Kievan succession crisis[25] (also known as Internecine war in Rus' 1146–1154 [uk; ru]) Casus belli: death of Vsevolod Olgovich II of Kiev[29]	Iziaslavichi (senior Mstislavichi): Iziaslav of Volhynia (1146–54)[29] Mstislav of Pereyaslavl[29] Novgorod Republic (1146–55; 57–58)[30] Olgovichi of Chernigov[29]	Rostislavichi (junior Mstislavichi): Rostislav of Smolensk[30] Yaroslav of Halych (1158)[31] Novgorod Republic (1158–59)[31] Yuri Dolgorukiy of Suzdalia (1146–57)[32] Cuman allies (1147)[33] Novgorod Republic (1155–57)[33]	Mixed results Olgovichi of Chernigov lost Kiev Iziaslavichi of Volhynia lost Pereyaslavl and Novgorod Rostislavichi of Smolensk gained Kiev and Novgorod Yurievichi of Suzdalia gained Pereyaslavl
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 Casus belli: death of Rostislav I of Kiev[31] Iziaslavichi of Volhynia gained control over Kiev and Novgorod (1167–1168)[34] Sack of Kiev (1169) by a Rostislavichi–Yurievichi–Olgovichi coalition[34] Siege of Novgorod (1170)[35]	Iziaslavichi of Volhynia Principality of Kiev Principality of Volhynia Novgorod Republic	Andrey Bogolyubsky's coalition Yurievichi of Suzdalia[36] Olgovichi of Chernigov[36] Rostislavichi of Smolensk[36]	Coalition victory Yurievichi gained control over Kiev (1169)[34] Novgorodians & Iziaslavichi defeated coalition (1170)[35] Novgorodians expelled the Iziaslavichi (1170)[35] Yurievichi gained control over Novgorod (1171)[35]
1171–1173	1171–1173 Kievan succession crisis[37] Casus belli: death of prince Gleb of Kiev[37] Siege of Vyshgorod (1173)	Kiev and allies Rostislavichi of Smolensk Iziaslavichi of Volhynia Principality of Galicia? Olgovichi of Chernigov (joined Kiev near end[38])	Andrey's second coalition Yurievichi of Suzdalia Novgorod Republic various other princes Olgovichi of Chernigov (defected to Kiev near end[38])	Kiev & Rostislavichi victory[37] Andrey's coalition defeated Yurievichi lost power Andrey murdered by own boyars (1174)
1174–1177	1174–1177 Suzdalian war of succession[37] Casus belli: murder of prince Andrey Bogolyubsky of Vladimir-Suzdal[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] Casus belli: death of Sviatoslav III of Kiev	Olgovichi	Monomakhovichi	Indecisive
1203–1234	Campaigns of Rus' princes against the Livonian Brothers of the Sword (see also Livonian Crusade)	Kievan Rus' Vladimir-Suzdal Principality of Polotsk Principality of Smolensk Novgorod Republic  Grand Duchy of Lithuania Baltic peoples Baltic Finnic peoples	Livonian Brothers of the Sword Baltic Germans	Defeat The crusaders captured Baltic lands up to the borders of Kievan Rus' and Lithuania
1205	Roman the Great's raid on Poland Battle of Zawichost	Principality of Galicia–Volhynia	Leszek I the White	Defeat. Death of Roman the Great.
1206–1210	Internecine war in Rus' 1206–1210 [ru]	Principality of Chernigov Principality of Turov Cumans Principality of Ryazan (until 1207) Principality of Galicia-Volhynia (since 1206) Principality of Pereyaslavl (since 1206) Vladimir-Suzdal (since 1209)	Principality of Smolensk Novgorod Republic Kingdom of Hungary Vladimir-Suzdal (until 1209) Principality of Ryazan (from 1207) Kingdom of Poland (from 1208) Principality of Volhynia (from 1208)	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] Casus belli: death of Vsevolod the Big Nest[39]	Konstantin of Rostov Mstislav Mstislavich	Yuri II of Vladimir Yaroslav II of Vladimir	Konstantin victory Konstantin became Grand Prince of Vladimir
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 Armies of the Rus' principalities and Cumans mostly destroyed Mongols plundered some towns and retreated east towards Volga Bulgaria, where they were defeated in the Battle of Samara Bend
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] Casus belli: death of Mstyslav Mstyslavych Udatnyi	Principality of Volhynia Principality of Kiev Principality of Smolensk	Principality of Novgorod-Seversk Cumania	Daniel of Galicia victory
1236–1237 1236	War between Konrad I of Masovia and Galicia–Volhynia^[citation needed] Battle of Czerwień	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' Kiev Galicia–Volhynia Vladimir-Suzdal Novgorod Republic Smolensk Turov and Pinsk Chernigov Ryazan Pereyaslavl	Mongol Empire Brodnici	Decisive defeat[c] Kievan Rus' destroyed[c] Most surviving Rus' principalities became vassals of the Mongol Golden Horde.[c]

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

Main article: List of wars and battles involving Galicia–Volhynia

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 Battle of Goźlice	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 Battle of Grunwald	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)

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

Uprisings

Main article: Cossack uprisings

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 Battle of Korsun	Zaporozhian Cossacks	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Renewed agreement
1635	Sulyma Uprising Capture of Kodak	Zaporozhian Cossacks	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Defeat, despite Kodak Fortress was destroyed
1637	Pavlyuk Uprising Battle of Kumeyki	Zaporozhian Cossacks	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Defeat
1638	Ostryanyn Uprising Battle of Zhovnyn Siege of the Starzec River	Zaporozhian Cossacks	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	Defeat
1648–1657 1651	Khmelnytsky Uprising Battle of Berestechko (see also Category:Battles of the 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

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

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 Crown of Bohemia  Saxony  Austria 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 Battle of Khotyn	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 Battle of Igren Sirko's Eastern Campaign Battle of Sich Crimean Campaign Second Battle of Sich	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 Battle of Konotop	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 Deluge	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 Battle of Khotyn	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 Zaporozhian Cossacks (Samoylovych)	Ottoman Empire Crimean Khanate Zaporozhian Cossacks (Doroshenko)	Treaty of Bakhchisarai
1683–1699 1683 1683	Polish–Ottoman War Battle of Vienna Stefan Kunicki's Moldavian and Right-bank campaign	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Allied Holy League forces Zaporozhian Cossacks (Left-bank)	Ottoman Empire Zaporozhian Cossacks (Right-bank)	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 Battle of Poltava	Swedish Empire (1700–1721) Holstein–Gottorp (1700–1719) Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1704–1709) Ottoman Empire (1710–1714) Crimean Khanate  Moldavia  Wallachia 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 Crimean Khanate  Wallachia 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 Cossack Hetmanate  Habsburg Empire	Ottoman Empire Crimean Khanate	Treaty of Niš, Treaty of Belgrade
1768–1774	Russo-Turkish War	Russian Empire Zaporozhian Host Greek insurgents Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti Kingdom of Imereti	Ottoman Empire Crimean Khanate	Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca
1775	the fall of Zaporizhian Sich	Zaporozhian Cossacks	Russian Empire	Defeat

Under Austrian and Russian empires

Main articles: List of wars involving Russia § Russian Empire (1721–1917), List of wars involving Austria § Austrian Empire (1804–1867), and List of wars involving Austria § Austro-Hungarian Empire (1867–1918)

War of independence (1917–1921)

Main article: List of battles involving the Ukrainian People's Republic

Further information: Ukrainian 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, Makhnovshchina, Ukrainian Republic of the Far East).

Date	Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
1917–1921 1918 1918	Ukrainian War of Independence – Ukrainian–Soviet War Battle of Kiev (1918) Battle of Kruty	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 Independence – Polish–Ukrainian War Battle of Lemberg Battle of Przemyśl Chortkiv offensive	West Ukrainian People's Republic  Ukrainian People's Republic Hutsul Republic Komancza Republic	Poland  Romania  Hungary  Czechoslovakia	Polish victory: Treaty of Warsaw (1920) Second Polish Republic recognises the independence of Ukrainian People's Republic, but it becomes a de facto Polish protectorate All other Ukrainian-led rebel republics are annexed by Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary or Romania
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 War – Southern 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 War – Eastern Front	Green Ukraine Buryat-Mongolia	Transbaikal Republic[groupnameB 1]  Russian SFSR[groupnameB 1]	Bolshevik victory

Interwar period (1922–1938)

See also: List of wars involving the Soviet Union and List of wars involving Poland § Modern history

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)

Main article: Ukraine in 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	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 Home Army units in Galicia and Volhynia were dissolved under Soviet pressure Polish–Soviet border agreement Population exchange between Poland and Soviet Ukraine Vistula Operation and subsequent defeat of UPA in Polish People's Republic UPA and the Polish undergroung (Cursed soldiers) continued anti-communist resistance in post-war Ukraine and Poland respectively
1941	World War II – Declaration 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

Date	Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
2014–present	Russo-Ukrainian War: Russian annexation of Crimea War in Donbas (Timeline) Russian invasion of Ukraine (Timeline)	Ukraine	Russia In Donbas:  Donetsk People's Republic  Luhansk People's Republic Supported by: Belarus North Korea[41][42][43]	Ongoing Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation Russian annexation of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts

Peacekeeping missions

Peacekeeping missions of Ukraine since 1991

Completed

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

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

• List of conflicts in Europe
• List of invasions and occupations of Ukraine
• List of wars between Russia and Ukraine
• List of wars involving the Soviet Union

Notes

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. 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. Insurgent Army was an ally both of Ukrainian states and Soviets in different times.

1. White Army and Red Army were not allies but both of them were opponents of Ukrainian movement.

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47. Спецільний миротворчий центр / Special peacekeeping center

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