As the relationships between members within the Tsentralna Rada soured, a series of regional Soviet republics on the territory of Ukraine proclaimed their independence and allegiance to the Petrograd sovnarkom (Odessa Soviet Republic (southern Ukraine), Donetsk-Krivoi Rog Soviet Republic (eastern Ukraine)).
Sebagai hubungan antara anggota dalam Tsentralna Rada memburuk, serangkaian republik Soviet daerah di wilayah Ukraina memproklamasikan kemerdekaan dan kesetiaan mereka kepada Petrograd sovnarkom Republik Soviet Odessa (di selatan Ukraina), Republik Soviet Donetsk-Krivoi Rog(di timur Ukraina) ).