The following is a list of major conflicts fought byUkraine, byUkrainian people or by regular armies during periods whenindependent states existed on themodern territory of Ukraine, from theKievan 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 withBelarus andRussia), theKingdom of Galicia–Volhynia (Ruthenia) its political successor, and after the period of domination by thePolish–Lithuanian Commonwealth the Cossack states (theCossack Hetmanate and theZaporozhian Sich).[1] The Ukrainian Cossacks were also related to theOttoman Empire and theCrimean 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, theRussian Empire and theAustrian 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 1917–1921Ukrainian War of Independence and the 1939–1945Second World War), but modern Ukrainian militaries (since 1917) have been mostly fighting with armies of neighbouring states, such as theRussian Provisional Government (Kiev Bolshevik Uprising November 1917), theRussian SFSR (Ukrainian War of Independence 1917–1921), theSecond Polish Republic (Polish–Ukrainian War 1918–1919),Nazi Germany and theSoviet Union (Second World War andpost-War resistance),[1] and since 2014, theRussian Federation (Russo-Ukrainian War).
This is alist of wars involving Kievan Rus' (c. 9th century–1240).[a] These wars involvedKievan Rus' (also known as Kyivan Rus'[8]) as a whole, or some of its principalities[b] up to 1240.[c]
*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.
Following the end of Kievan Rus' in 1240, it split into manyRus' principalities. ThePrincipality, later Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia (Ruthenia) would control most of the territory of modern Ukraine for a century, after which theGrand Duchy of Lithuania andCrown of the Kingdom of Poland would dominate the region.
This section contains list of wars involvingZaporozhian Cossacks (includingDanubian Sich) andCossack Hetmanate (both of right-bank and left-bank).
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).
In 1922, theUkrainian Soviet Socialist Republic was incorporated into theSoviet Union. No major armed conflicts on Soviet Ukrainian territory would take place until 1939, although Ukrainian 'national units' would be used asnational 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 thecollectivization, 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 formerWest Ukrainian People's Republic's claimed territories) that were annexed by theSecond 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.
This section contains only military activity of non-Soviet and non-Nazi Ukrainian organizations.
| Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | Hungarian invasion of Carpatho-Ukraine |  Carpatho-Ukraine |  Hungary | Defeat |
| 1939–1947 | World War II – Polish-Ukrainian conflict |  Ukrainian Insurgent ArmyUkrainian People's Revolutionary Army |  Home ArmyPeople's ArmyPolish People's Republic | Soviet occupation of Western Ukraine
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| 1941–1944 | World War II –Non-Soviet anti-Nazi activity | Ukrainian Insurgent ArmyUkrainian People's Revolutionary Army |  GermanyHungary Romania Slovakia | Victory |
| 1941–1960 | World War II – Anti-Soviet activity | Ukrainian Insurgent ArmyUkrainian People's Revolutionary Army |  Soviet Union | Cessation of activity |
| Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–present | Russo-Ukrainian War: |  UkraineSupplied by: | Supplied by: | Ongoing
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| 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 |  North 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[h] | 2005 | 2008 |  Iraq | 1,660 |
| UNOMIG | 2008 | 2009 | Georgia | 37 |
| UNOCI | 2011 | 2017 |  Côte d'Ivoire | 1,303 |
| Mission | Start-date | End-date | Location | Troops (regular) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kosovo Force | 1999 | 2022 (August 3)[43] |  Kosovo | 40 |
| MONUSCO | 2000 | 2022 (September 18)[44] |  Democratic Republic of the Congo | 250 |
| UNMISS | 2012 | 2022 (April)[45] |  South Sudan | 28[46] |
| MINUSMA | 2019 | 2022 (March)[45] |  Mali | 20 |
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