# List of wars involving Ukraine

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). 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. 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), and since 2014, the Russian Federation (Russo-Ukrainian War).

## Kievan Rus' (800s–1240)

This is a list of wars involving Kievan Rus' (c. 9th century–1240). These wars involved Kievan Rus' (also known as Kyivan Rus') as a whole, or some of its principalities up to 1240.
    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 | Caspian expeditions of the Rus' | Kievan Rus' | Southern Caspian coastal regions | Unclear |
| 907 | Rus'–Byzantine War (907) | Kievan Rus' | Byzantine Empire | Victory |
| 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. The historicity of this conflict is questioned. |
| 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 Sviatoslavichi Casus belli: death of Sviatoslav I of Kiev | 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 Baptism of Volodimer I of Kiev Further Christianization of Kievan Rus' |
| 1015–1019 | Kievan succession crisis of 1015–1019 (also known as Feud of the Volodimerovichi or Internecine war in Rus') 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 The wars' effect on the Finns' society contributed to the eventual Swedish conquest of western Finland circa 1249 |
| 1043 | Rus'–Byzantine War (1043) | Kievan Rus' | Byzantine Empire | Defeat |
| c. 1068–1185 | Rus'-Cuman battles (from Alta River to Igor's Campaign; the historicity of Igor's Campaign is disputed) Battle of Snovsk (1068) | Kievan Rus' | Cuman–Kipchak Confederation | Mixed results, mostly Kievan Rus' victories |
| 1065–1069 | Rebellion of Vseslav of Polotsk Sieges of Pskov and Novgorod (1065–1067) Battle on the Nemiga River (1067) Kiev uprising of 1068 Polish intervention, restoration of Iziaslav I of Kiev (1069) | Principality of Kiev Principality of Chernigov Principality of Pereyaslavl Kingdom of Poland (1069) | Principality of Polotsk | Allied victory Principality of Polotsk is defeated (1067) Vseslav briefly reigned in Kiev (1068–May 1069) Restoration of Iziaslav I of Kiev (May 1069) |
| 1074 | 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' | Duchy of Bohemia | Polish–Kievan victory |
| 1076–1077 | Kievan succession crisis 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 Sviatoslavichi and Cumans initially defeated Vsevolod Battle of the Nizhatyn Field [uk] | Iziaslav Yaroslavich † Yaropolk Iziaslavich Vsevolod Yaroslavich Vladimir Monomakh | Oleg Sviatoslavich Boris Sviatoslavich Cumans | Iziaslav–Vsevolod victory |
| 1092 | Kievan–Cuman raid on Poland | 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] | Kievan Rus' | Cuman–Kipchak Confederation | Defeat |
| 1093–1097 | Chernihiv war of succession [uk; ru] | 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 |
| 1096–1116 | Monomakh's campaign against the Cumans Battle of Trubezh [ru] (1096) Battle of the Suten river [ru] (1103) Battle of the Salnitsa river (1111) | Kievan Rus' | Cuman–Kipchak Confederation | Victory |
| 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 | Kievan Rus' Cuman–Kipchak Confederation | Kingdom of Poland | Kievan–Cuman victory |
| 1120 | Kievan–Cuman raid on Poland | Kievan Rus' Cuman–Kipchak Confederation | Kingdom of Poland | Kievan–Cuman victory |
| 1132–1134 | 1132–1134 Pereyaslavl succession crisis Casus belli: Pereyaslavl succession after death of Mstislav I Volodimerovich of Kiev 1134 resumption: Viacheslav, given Pereyaslavl in 1132 compromise, left for Turov | Yaropolk II Volodimerovich of Kiev Vsevolod Mstislavich of Pskov Iziaslav Mstislavich of Volhynia | Yuri Dolgorukiy of Suzdalia Olgovichi of Chernigov | Compromise Andrey Volodimerovich gained Pereyaslavl (1135) Monomakhovichi split into rival Mstislavichi and Yurievichi |
| c. 1132–1350 | Swedish–Novgorodian Wars | Kievan Rus' (until 1136) Novgorod Republic | Kingdom of Sweden Kingdom of Norway (from 1319) | Stalemate after Black Death |
| 1139–1142 | 1139–1142 Kievan succession crisis Casus belli: death of Yaropolk Volodimerovich II of Kiev | 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 Mstislavichi: Iziaslav Mstislavich of Volhynia Sviatopolk Mstislavich of Pskov 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 (also known as Internecine war in Rus' 1146–1154 [uk; ru]) Casus belli: death of Vsevolod Olgovich II of Kiev | Iziaslavichi (senior Mstislavichi): Iziaslav of Volhynia (1146–54) Mstislav of Pereyaslavl Novgorod Republic (1146–55; 57–58) Olgovichi of Chernigov | Rostislavichi (junior Mstislavichi): Rostislav of Smolensk Yaroslav of Halych (1158) Novgorod Republic (1158–59) Yuri Dolgorukiy of Suzdalia (1146–57) Cuman allies (1147) Novgorod Republic (1155–57) | 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 | 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 Iziaslavichi of Volhynia gained control over Kiev and Novgorod (1167–1168) Sack of Kiev (1169) by a Rostislavichi–Yurievichi–Olgovichi coalition Siege of Novgorod (1170) | Iziaslavichi of Volhynia Principality of Kiev Principality of Volhynia Novgorod Republic | Andrey Bogolyubsky's coalition Yurievichi of Suzdalia Olgovichi of Chernigov Rostislavichi of Smolensk | Coalition victory Yurievichi gained control over Kiev (1169) Novgorodians & Iziaslavichi defeated coalition (1170) Novgorodians expelled the Iziaslavichi (1170) Yurievichi gained control over Novgorod (1171) |
| 1171–1173 | 1171–1173 Kievan succession crisis Casus belli: death of prince Gleb of Kiev Siege of Vyshgorod (1173) | Kiev and allies Rostislavichi of Smolensk Iziaslavichi of Volhynia Principality of Galicia? Olgovichi of Chernigov (joined Kiev near end) | Andrey's second coalition Yurievichi of Suzdalia Novgorod Republic various other princes Olgovichi of Chernigov (defected to Kiev near end) | Kiev & Rostislavichi victory Andrey's coalition defeated Yurievichi lost power Andrey murdered by own boyars (1174) |
| 1174–1177 | 1174–1177 Suzdalian war of succession Casus belli: murder of prince Andrey Bogolyubsky of Vladimir-Suzdal | Yurievichi of Suzdalia | Yurievichi of Suzdalia | Vsevolod the Big Nest's victory |
| 1187 | Ruthenian raid on Lesser Poland | 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 | 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' | Principality of Galicia–Volhynia | Leszek I the White Konrad I of Masovia | Defeat |
| 1212–1216 | Vladimir-Suzdal war of succession Casus belli: death of Vsevolod the Big Nest | 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 | 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 | 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 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 Kievan Rus' destroyed Most surviving Rus' principalities became vassals of the Mongol Golden Horde. |

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

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

| 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 |
| 1630 | Battle of Ochakov | Zaporozhian Cossacks led by Taras Fedorovych | Ottoman Empire | Defeat |

### Other conflicts

| Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
| 1521 | Crimean Invasion of Russia | Crimean Khanate Hetmanate Ottoman Empire | Principality of Moscow | Victory |
| 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 |
| 1568–1570 | Russo-Turkish War | Tsardom of Russia Don Cossacks Zaporozhian Cossacks Kabardia (East Circassia) | Ottoman Empire Crimean Khanate Nogai Horde Shamkhalate of Tarki | Victory |
| 1571–1572 | Russo–Crimean War Battle of Molodi | Tsardom of Russia Don Cossacks Zaporozhian Cossacks | Crimean Khanate Ottoman Empire | Victory |
| 1575 | Crimean Campaign | Zaporozhian Cossacks Don Cossacks | Crimean Khanate Nogai Horde | 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 | Siege of Azov (1637–1642) | Don Cossacks Zaporozhian Cossacks | Ottoman Empire Crimean Khanate Nogai Horde | Military 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 |
| 1710–1713 | Russo-Turkish War (1710-1713) Crimean campaign (1711) | 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 |

## War of independence (1917–1921)

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 | Russian SFSR Ukrainian SSR South Russia Insurgent Army | 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 Russian SFSR | Bolshevik victory |

## Interwar period (1922–1938)

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. 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)

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 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 Anti-Partisan Operations in Volyn-Polissia | 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 North Korea Supported by: Belarus | Ongoing Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation Russian annexation of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts |

## Peacekeeping missions
### 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 | 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 | 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) | Kosovo | 40 |
| MONUSCO | 2000 | 2022 (September 18) | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 250 |
| UNMISS | 2012 | 2022 (April) | South Sudan | 28 |
| MINUSMA | 2019 | 2022 (March) | Mali | 20 |