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 (Principality of Kyiv, 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 righ-bank and left-bank).

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).

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.

Wars involving Crimean Tatars' states
This section contains wars involving Crimean Khanate and Crimean People's Republic.