Soviet-Ukrainian War (21st Century Crisis)

The Soviet-Ukrainian War (Russian: Советско-Yкраинская Bойна, Sovetsko-Ukrainskaya Voyna; Ukrainian: Радянсько-Yкраїнська Bійна, Radyansʹko-Ukrayinsʹka Viyna) was a military escalation fought between the Soviet Union and Ukraine as a result of the 1992 territorial changes that occured after the Great Secessions.

The territorial changes initially divided Ukraine, into the Republic of Ukraine or "West Ukraine", and the Ukrainian SSR, or "East Ukraine", in that the former was controlled by Ukrainian ultranationalists, and the latter was controlled by pro-Soviet Ukrainians and ethnic Russians. Leonid Kravchuk stated that the deal was "unacceptable", and while no official declaration of war was made, Ukrainian military and paramilitary began conducting attacks against Soviet troops and ethnic Russian communities in East Ukraine. NATO backed the Ukrainians in their war against the Soviets, from occasional skirmishes and engagements, by 1993, the conflict turned into an all-out massive engagement, involving both NATO and Soviet aerial and ground operations. In the end of the day, the Soviets were able to consolidate their control over the Crimean Peninsula, Donetsk, Luhansk, all the way to the entire regions east of the Dneiper River, where the entire region remained disputed.