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:
Kievan Rus
This section contains list of wars involving Kievan Rus' and its principalities located on the territory of modern Ukraine, Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia and Ukrainian duchies under Polish and Lithuanian crowns.| Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
| 830s | Paphlagonian expedition of the Rus' | Kievan Rus' | Unclear | |
| 860 | Rus'–Byzantine War | Kievan Rus' | Victory | |
| 907 | Rus'–Byzantine War | Kievan Rus' | Victory | |
| 920–1036 | Rus'-Pechenegs' campaigns | Kievan Rus' | Pechenegs | Different results |
| 941 | Rus'–Byzantine War | Kievan Rus' | Defeat | |
| 964–965 | Sviatoslav's campaign against Khazars | Kievan Rus' | Khazar Khaganate | Victory. Destruction of Khazar Khaganate. |
| 967/968–971 | Sviatoslav's invasion of Bulgaria | Kievan Rus' | Defeat | |
| 981 | Rus' raid on Czerwień Towns | Kievan Rus' | Duchy of Poland | Victory |
| 987 | Rus'–Byzantine War | Kievan Rus' | Agreement. Baptism of Vladimir and further Christianization of Kievan Rus'. | |
| 1018 | German–Polish War | Kievan Rus' | Duchy of Poland | Defeat |
| 1022 | Yaroslav the Wise's attack on Brest | Kievan Rus' | Duchy of Poland | Defeat |
| 1024 | Rus'–Byzantine War | Kievan Rus' | Defeat | |
| 1043 | Rus'–Byzantine War | Kievan Rus' | Defeat | |
| 1055–1223 | Rus'-Cumans' campaigns | Kievan Rus' | Cumans | Different results |
| 1069, 1074, 1077 | Bolesław II the Generous's raids on Rus' | Kievan Rus' | Kingdom of Poland | Defeats |
| 1076 | Bolesław II the Generous's raid on Bohemia | Kingdom of Poland Kievan Rus' | Duchy of Bohemia | Polish victory |
| 1092 | Ruthenian and Cuman raid on Poland | Kievan Rus' | Kingdom of Poland | Victory |
| 1101 | Ruthenian and Cuman raid on Poland | Kievan Rus' | Kingdom of Poland | Victory |
| 1120 | Ruthenian and Cuman raid on Poland | Kievan Rus' | Kingdom of Poland | Victory |
| 1139–1142 | Fights between Duchy of Masovia and Rus' | Kievan Rus' | Bolesław IV the Curly | Victory |
| 1147 | Bolesław IV the Curly's raid on Old Prussians | Bolesław IV the Curly Kievan Rus' | Old Prussians | Bolesław IV the Curly'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 |
| 1205 | Roman the Great's raid on Poland | Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia | Leszek I the White | Defeat. Death of Roman the Great. |
| 1207 | Leszek I the White's raid on Rus' | Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia | Leszek I the White Konrad I of Masovia | Defeat |
| 1213–1214, 1219, 1233–1234 | Andrew II's military campaigns against Halych | Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia | Kingdom of Hungary | Victory. Hungarian retreat. |
| 1214 | Leszek I the White's raid on Volodymyr-Volynskyi | Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia | Leszek I the White Kingdom of Hungary | Defeat |
| 1218–1221 | Polish-Hungarian-Ruthenian War | Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia | Leszek I the White Kingdom of Hungary | Victory |
| 1223–1240 | Mongol invasion of Rus' | Vladimir-Suzdal Kyiv Galicia-Volhynia Novgorod Republic Smolensk Turov and Pinsk Rostov Chernigov Ryazan Pereyaslavl | Mongol Empire | Defeat. Principalities of Kievan State becoming vassals of the Mongol Golden Horde. |
1236–1237
| Wars between Konrad I of Masovia and Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia | Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia | Konrad I of Masovia | Victory |
| 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 | 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 |
| 1389–92 | Lithuanian Civil War | Teutonic Knights Samogitia Rus' principalities | Grand Duchy of Lithuania Kingdom of Poland | Ostrów Agreement |
1409–11
| Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War | Kingdom of Poland Grand Duchy of Lithuania Ruthenia, Masovia, Moldavia, Tatars, Czechs, Bohemia, Moravia, Wallachia, Smolensk | State of the Teutonic Order | Victory |
| 1431–35 | Lithuanian Civil War | Grand Duchy of Rus' Teutonic Knights Livonian Order Golden Horde Principality of Moldavia | Grand Duchy of Lithuania Kingdom of Poland Hussites | Defeat |
Cossack Ukraine
This section contains list of wars involving Zaporozhian Cossacks and Cossack Hetmanate.Uprisings
| Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
| 1591–93 | Kosiński Uprising | Zaporozhian Cossacks | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth | Defeat |
| 1594–96 | Nalyvaiko Uprising | Zaporozhian Cossacks | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth | Defeat |
| 1625 | Zhmaylo Uprising | Zaporozhian Cossacks | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth | Treaty of Kurukove |
| 1630 | Fedorovych Uprising | Zaporozhian Cossacks | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth | Renewed agreement |
| 1635 | Sulyma Uprising | Zaporozhian Cossacks | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth | Kodak Fortress destroyed |
| 1637 | Pavlyuk Uprising | Zaporozhian Cossacks | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth | Defeat |
| 1638 | Ostryanyn Uprising | Zaporozhian Cossacks | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth | Defeat |
1648–1657
| Khmelnytsky Uprising | Zaporozhian Cossacks Crimean Tatars | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Crimean Tatars | Emergence 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 Russo-Ukrainian war of 1658–59 began. |
| 1659 | Bohun Uprising | Cossack Hetmanate Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth 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. |
| 1702–04 | Paliy Uprising | Zaporozhian Cossacks Cossack Hetmanate Tsardom of Russia | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth | Uprising was defeated, but Right-bank Ukraine became part of Cossack Hetmanate. |
| 1734 | Haidamak Uprising, 1734 | Haidamakas | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth | Defeat |
| 1750 | Haidamak Uprising, 1750 | Haidamakas | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth  Russian Empire | Defeat |
| 1768–69 | Koliyivshchyna | Haidamakas | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Russian Empire | Defeat |
Cossack naval campaigns
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 and other Ukrainian anti-bolshevik state formations.| Date | Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
| 1917–21 Ukrainian People's Republic Hutsul Republic Komancza Republic | Poland Romania Hungary Czechoslovakia | Defeat | ||
| 1919–21 | Polish–Soviet War | Republic of Poland Ukrainian People's Republic | Polish victory, Ukrainian defeat | |
| 1917–20 | Russian Civil War — Southern Front | Ukraine Georgia Armenia Azerbaijan Black Army |  Russian SFSRWhite Army Black Army | Defeat |
| 1918–23 | Russian Civil War — Eastern Front | Green Ukraine Buryat-Mongolia | White Movement | 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.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 |
| 1941 | World War II — Declaration of Ukrainian Independence, 1941 | Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists | Defeat | |
| 1942–44 | World War II — Non-Soviet anti-Nazi activity | Ukrainian Insurgent Army Ukrainian People's Revolutionary Army | Potsdam Conference | |
| 1942–47 | World War II — Non-Soviet anti-Polish activity | Ukrainian Insurgent Army Ukrainian People's Revolutionary Army | Armia Krajowa Armia Ludowa | Polish–Soviet border agreement and Vistula Operation |
| 1942–50 | World War II — Anti-Soviet activity | Ukrainian Insurgent Army Ukrainian People's Revolutionary Army | 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 |
| 5 August 1506 | Battle of Kletsk | Crimean Khanate | Grand Duchy of Lithuania | Decisive Lithuanian victory |
| April 28, 1512 | Battle of Wisniowiec | Crimean Tatars | Kingdom of Poland Grand Duchy of Lithuania | Polish-Lithuanian victory |
| January 27, 1527 | Battle of Olshanitsa | Grand Duchy of Lithuania | Crimean Khanate | Lithuanian victory |
| 9–11 May 1583 | Battle of Torches | Ottoman Empire
| Safavid PersiaGeorgian irregurals | Decisive Ottoman victory |
| September 19–20, 1595 | Battle of Cecora | Ottoman Empire Crimean Khanate | Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Moldavia | Polish victory |
| 27-July–2 August 1572 | Battle of Molodi | Crimean Khanate | Tsardom of Russia | Decisive Russian victory |
| 28 January 1606 | Battle of Udycz | Crimean Tatars | Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth | Polish-Lithuanian victory |
| 9 July 1612 | Battle of Cornul lui Sas | Moldavia Ottoman Empire Crimean Khanate | Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth | Moldavian victory |
| 20 June 1624 | Battle of Martynów | Crimean Tatars | Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth | Polish-Lithuanian victory |
| 30 January 1644 | Battle of Okhmativ | Crimean Tatars | Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth | Polish victory |
| 28–30 1651 | Battle of Berestechko | Zaporozhian Cossacks Crimean khanate | Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth | Decisive Polish victory |
| August, 1656 | Battle of Łowicz | Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Crimean Khanate | Sweden | Polish and tatar victory |
| 17 September–7 October 1620 | Battle of Cecora | Ottoman Empire Crimean khanate Wallachia Lipka Tatars Transylvania | Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Moldavia | Decisive Ottoman victory |
| 2 September–8 October 1621 | Battle of Khotyn | Ottoman Empire Crimean Khanate Wallachia Moldavia | Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Registered cossacks | Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth victory |
| 27 September–2 November 1660 | Battle of Chudnov | Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Crimean Khanate | Tsardom of Russia Zaporozhian Cossacks | Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth victory |
| October 6–16, 1667 | Battle of Podhajce | Crimean Khanate Zaporozhian Cossacks | Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth | Polish-Lithuanian victory |
| August 5, 1716 | Battle of Petrovaradin | Archduchy of Austria Duchy of Württemburg | Ottoman Empire Crimean Khanate Kuruc | Decisive Hasburg victory |
| 11 June 1764 | Battle of Hodów | Crimean Khanate | Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth | Polish victory |
| 16 October 1853 – 30 March 1856 | Crimean war | Allied victory | ||
| January 1918 | Bolshevik coup d'etat of Crimean People's Republic | Crimean People's Republic | Bolsheviks | Bolshevik Victory |