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 | Succeed | |
1606 | Raid on Kiliya and Akkerman | Zaporozhian Cossacks led by Hryhoriy Izapovych | Succeed | |
1607 | Raid on Ochakiv | Zaporozhian Cossacks led by Petro Konashevych-Sahaidachny | Succeed | |
1608 | Raid on Perekop | Zaporozhian Cossacks led by Petro Sahaidachny | Succeed | |
1609 | Raid on Kiliya, Izmayil and Akkerman | Zaporozhian Cossacks led by Petro Sahaidachny | Succeed | |
1613 | Raid on Northern Turkey | Zaporozhian Cossacks | Succeed | |
1614 | Raid on Trabzon and Sinop in Northern Turkey | Zaporozhian Cossacks | Succeed | |
1615 | Raid on Constantinople | Zaporozhian Cossacks | Succeed | |
1616 | Raid on Kafa in Crimea, Trabzon and Sinop in Northern Turkey | Zaporozhian Cossacks led by Petro Sahaidachny | Succeed | |
1617 | Raid on Constantinople | Zaporozhian Cossacks | Succeed |
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
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Ukrainian War of Independence — Ukrainian–Soviet War | Defeat | ||
7–8 January 1919 | Hutsul uprising | Victory | ||
1918–19
|
Ukrainian War of Independence — Polish–Ukrainian War |
|
Defeat | |
1919–21 | Polish–Soviet War (see also List of battles of the Polish–Soviet War) |
Polish victory, Ukrainian defeat (Peace of Riga) | ||
1917–20 | Russian Civil War — Southern Front | Defeat | ||
1918–23 | Russian Civil War — Eastern Front | 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 | Defeat | ||
1941 | World War II — Declaration of Ukrainian Independence, 1941 | Defeat | ||
1942–44 | World War II — Non-Soviet anti-Nazi activity | Potsdam Conference | ||
1942–47 | World War II — Non-Soviet anti-Polish activity | Polish–Soviet border agreement and Vistula Operation | ||
1942–50 | World War II — Anti-Soviet activity | 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 | Grand Duchy of Lithuania | Crimean Khanate | Decisive Lithuanian victory |
Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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April 28 1512 | Battle of Wisniowiec | Kingdom of Poland
Grand duchy of Lithuania |
Crimean tatars | Polish-Lithuanian victory |
Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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January 27 1527 | Battle of Olshanitsa | Grand Duchy of Lithuania | Crimean Khanate | Lithuanian victory |
Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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9–11 May 1583 | Battle of Torches | Ottoman Empire
|
Safavid Persia
Georgian irregurals |
Decisive Ottoman victory |
Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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September 19–20 1595 | Battle of Cecora | Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Moldavia |
Ottoman Empire
Crimean Khanate |
Polish victory |
Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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27-July–2 August 1572 | Battle of Molodi | Russia | Crimea | Decisive Russian victory |
Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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28 January 1606 | Battle of Udycz | Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth | Crimean tartars | Polish-Lithuanian victory |
Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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9 July 1612 | Battle of Cornul lui sas | Moldavia
Ottoman Empire Crimean Khanate |
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth | Moldavian victory |
Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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20 June 1624 | Battle of Martynów | Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth | Crimean Tatars | Polish-Lithuanian victory |
Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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30 January 1644 | Battle of Ochmatov | Crimean tatars | Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth | Polish victory |
Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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28–30 1651 | Battle of Beresteckho | Zaporozhian cossacks
Crimean khanate |
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth | Decisive Polish victory |
Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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August, 1656 | Battle of Lowciz | Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Crimean Khanate |
Sweden | Polish and tatar victory |
Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
17 September–7 October 1620 | Battle of Cecora | Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Moldavia |
Ottoman Empire
Crimean khanate Wallachia Lipka tartars Transylvania |
Decisive Ottoman victory |
Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
2 September–8 October 1621 | Battle of Khotyn | Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Registered cossacks |
Ottoman Empire
Crimean Khanate Wallachia Moldavia |
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth victory |
Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
27 September–2 November 1660 | Battle of Chudnov | Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Crimean Khanate |
Russian Tsardom
Ukrainan cossacks |
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth victory |
Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
October 6–16, 1667 | Battle of Podhajce | Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth | Crimean Khanate
Zaphorozian cossacks |
Polish-Lithuanian victory |
Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
August 5 1716 | Battle of Petrovaradin | Archduchy of Austria
Duchy of Württemburg |
Ottoman Empire
Crimean Khanate Kuruc |
Decisive Hasburg victory |
Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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11 June 1764 | Battle of Hodów | Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth | Crimean Khanate | Polish victory |
Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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16 October 1853–30 March 1856 | Crimean war |
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Allied victory |
Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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January 1918 | Bolshevik coup d'etat of Crimean People's Republic | Bolsheviks | Bolshevik Victory |
Since 1991
Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
2014–present | Russian invasion in Ukraine: |
In Donbass: |
Ongoing |
Peacekeeping missions
Completed
Mission | Start-date | End-date | Location | Troops (regular) |
---|---|---|---|---|
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) |
---|---|---|---|
MONUC MONUSCO |
2000 | 13 | |
UNMIL | 2003 | 275 | |
UNOCI | 2011 | 1303 |
Notes
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.