Battles in Ukraine
206 battles and sieges whose recorded location lies within the modern borders of Ukraine (Europe), ordered by date.
Ancient · Medieval · Early modern · 19th century · World War I era · Interwar · World War II era · Post-1945 · Date not recorded
Ancient (before 500) · 3
- Siege of Theodosia (389 BC) 389 BCUkraine · Bosporan Wars of Expansion
- Siege of Theodosia (c. 365 BC) 365 BCUkraine · Bosporan Wars of Expansion
- Siege of Theodosia (c. 360 BC) 360 BCUkraine · Bosporan Wars of Expansion
Medieval (500–1499) · 11
- Siege of Kiev (968) 968Ukraine · Rus'-Pecheneg Wars
- Battle of Listven 1024Ukraine
- Siege of Kiev (1036) 1036Ukraine
- Battle of the Alta River 1068Ukraine
- Sack of Kiev (1169) 1169Ukraine
- Battle of Vyshgorod 1173Ukraine
- Battle of the Kalka River 1223Ukraine · Mongol invasions and conquests
- Siege of Kiev (1240) 1240Ukraine · Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus'
- Siege of Caffa 1346Ukraine · Genoese–Mongol Wars
- Battle of Blue Waters 1362Ukraine · Moldavian–Horde Wars
- Battle of the Vorskla River 1399Ukraine · Moldavian–Horde Wars
Early modern (1500–1799) · 46
- Battle of Olshanitsa 1527Ukraine · Crimean–Nogai slave raids in Eastern Europe
- Battle of Obertyn 1531Ukraine
- Battle of Piatka 1593Ukraine · Kosiński Uprising
- Battle of Kaffa (1616) 1616Ukraine · Zaporozhian Cossacks' naval expeditions
- Battle of Martynów 1624Ukraine
- Battle of Kurukov Lake (1625) 1625Ukraine · Zhmaylo Uprising
- Battle of Bila Tserkva (1626) 1626Ukraine
- Battle of Kumeyki 1637Ukraine · Pawluk Uprising
- Battle of Korsuń 1648Ukraine · Khmelnytsky Uprising
- Battle of Pyliavtsi 1648Ukraine · Khmelnytsky Uprising
- Battle of Zhovti Vody 1648Ukraine · Khmelnytsky Uprising
- Battle of Zboriv (1649) 1649Ukraine · Khmelnytsky Uprising
- Siege of Zbarazh 1649Ukraine · Khmelnytsky Uprising
- Battle of Berestechko 1651Ukraine · Khmelnytsky Uprising
- Battle of Batih 1652Ukraine · Khmelnytsky Uprising
- Siege of Zhvanets 1653Ukraine · Khmelnytsky Uprising
- Battle of Horodok (1655) 1655Ukraine · Russo-Polish War
- Siege of Kyiv (1658) 1658Ukraine · Russo-Polish War
- Battle of Konotop 1659Ukraine · Russo-Polish War
- Battle of Chudniv 1660Ukraine · Russo-Polish War
- Battle of Lyubar 1660Ukraine · Russo-Polish War
- Siege of Hlukhiv 1664Ukraine · Russo-Polish War
- Battle of Podhajce (1667) 1667Ukraine · Great Turkish War
- Siege of Kamenets 1672Ukraine · Polish–Ottoman War of 1672–1676
- Battle of Khotyn (1673) 1673Ukraine · Polish–Ottoman War of 1672–1676
- Battle of Trembowla 1675Ukraine · Polish–Ottoman War of 1672–1676
- Battle of Żurawno 1676Ukraine · Polish–Ottoman War of 1672–1676
- Battle of Hodów 1694Ukraine · Polish–Ottoman War of 1683–99
- Battle of Podhajce (1698) 1698Ukraine · Great Turkish War
- Battle of Martynów (1699) 1699Ukraine · Polish–Ottoman War of 1683–99
- Storming of Lemberg 1704Ukraine · Great Northern War
- Sack of Baturyn 1708Ukraine · Great Northern War
- Siege of Vepryk 1708Ukraine · Great Northern War
- Battle of Poltava 1709Ukraine · Great Northern War
- Siege of Perekop (1736) 1736Ukraine
- Second siege of Ochakov 1737Ukraine · Fifth Russo-Turkish War
- Siege of Ochakov (1737) 1737Ukraine · Fifth Russo-Turkish War
- Battle of Khresili 1757Ukraine · Georgian–Ottoman conflicts
- Battle of Kinburn (1787) 1787Ukraine · Seventh Russo-Turkish War
- Battle of Berezan (1788) 1788Ukraine · Seventh Russo-Turkish War
- Naval actions at the Siege of Ochakov (1788) 1788Ukraine · Seventh Russo-Turkish War
- Siege of Khotyn (1788) 1788Ukraine · Austro-Turkish War of 1788–1791
- Siege of Ochakov (1788) 1788Ukraine · Seventh Russo-Turkish War
- Battle of Tendra 1790Ukraine · Ottoman Wars in Europe
- Battle of Boruszkowce 1792Ukraine · Polish–Russian War of 1792
- Battle of Zieleńce 1792Ukraine · Polish–Russian War of 1792
19th century (1800–1913) · 13
- Battle of Poryck 1831Ukraine
- Battle of Balaclava 1854Ukraine · Crimean War
- Battle of Inkerman 1854Ukraine · Crimean War
- Battle of the Alma 1854Ukraine · Crimean War
- Charge of the Light Brigade 1854Ukraine · Battle of Balaclava
- Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855) 1854Ukraine · Crimean War
- Thin Red Line (Battle of Balaclava) 1854Ukraine · Battle of Balaclava
- Battle of Eupatoria 1855Ukraine · Crimean War
- Battle of Kinburn (1855) 1855Ukraine · Crimean War
- Battle of Malakoff 1855Ukraine · Crimean War
- Battle of the Chernaya 1855Ukraine · Crimean War
- Battle of the Great Redan 1855Ukraine · Crimean War
- Battle of Miropol 1863Ukraine
World War I era (1914–1918) · 13
- Battle of Galicia 1914Ukraine · World War I
- Battle of Mołotków 1914Ukraine
- Battle of Rafajlowa 1915Ukraine · World War I
- Battle of Kostiuchnówka 1916Ukraine · World War I
- Battle of Ustechko (1916) 1916Ukraine · WWI Eastern Front
- Battle of Krechowce 1917Ukraine
- Battle of Kruty 1917Ukraine · Russian Civil War
- Battle of Toboly 1917Ukraine · WWI Eastern Front
- Battle of Zborov (1917) 1917Ukraine · Kerensky Offensive
- Battle of Bakhmach 1918Ukraine · WWI Eastern Front
- Battle of Dibrivka 1918Ukraine · Ukrainian War of Independence
- Battle of Kiev (1918) 1918Ukraine · Russian Civil War
- Battle of Lemberg (1918) 1918Ukraine · Polish–Ukrainian War
Interwar (1919–1938) · 12
- Battle of Kiev (December 1919) 1919Ukraine · Russian Civil War
- Battle of Kiev (January 1919) 1919Ukraine · Russian Civil War
- Battle of Peregonovka 1919Ukraine · Russian Civil War
- Kharkiv Operation (December 1919) 1919Ukraine · Russian Civil War
- Odessa Operation (1919) 1919Ukraine · Russian Civil War
- Battle of Chornobyl 1920Ukraine · Polish–Soviet War
- Battle of Dytiatyn 1920Ukraine · Polish–Soviet War
- Battle of Letychiv 1920Ukraine · Polish–Soviet War
- Battle of Lwów (1920) 1920Ukraine · Polish–Soviet War
- Battle of Zadwórze 1920Ukraine · Polish–Soviet War
- Kiev offensive (1920) 1920Ukraine · Polish–Soviet War
- Siege of Perekop (1920) 1920Ukraine · Russian Civil War
World War II era (1939–1945) · 25
- Battle of Jaworów 1939Ukraine · 1939 Invasion of Poland
- Battle of Lwów (1939) 1939Ukraine · World War II
- Battle of Szack 1939Ukraine · 1939 Invasion of Poland
- Battle of Władypol 1939Ukraine · World War II
- Battle of Brody (1941) 1941Ukraine · World War II
- Battle of Jibrieni 1941Ukraine · Black Sea Campaigns
- Battle of Kiev (1941) 1941Ukraine · Operation Barbarossa
- Battle of Lwów (1941) 1941Ukraine · Operation Barbarossa
- Battle of Uman 1941Ukraine · World War II
- Battle of the Kerch Peninsula 1941Ukraine
- First Battle of Kharkov 1941Ukraine · Eastern Front
- Siege of Odessa 1941Ukraine · World War II
- Siege of Sevastopol (1941–1942) 1941Ukraine · Eastern Front
- Barvenkovo–Lozovaya offensive 1942Ukraine · Eastern Front
- Battle of Cape Burnas 1942Ukraine · Black Sea Campaigns
- Defense of the Adzhimushkay quarry 1942Ukraine · Eastern Front
- Second Battle of Kharkov 1942Ukraine · Eastern Front
- Battle of Kiev (1943) 1943Ukraine · Eastern Front
- Battle of Radovychi 1943Ukraine · German–Ukrainian conflict
- Defense of Huta Stepańska and Wyrka 1943Ukraine · Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia
- Defense of Przebraże 1943Ukraine
- Third Battle of Kharkov 1943Ukraine · World War II
- Battle of Korsun–Cherkassy 1944Ukraine · Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive
- Kamenets–Podolsky pocket 1944Ukraine · Proskurov–Chernovtsy Offensive
- Nikopol–Krivoi Rog offensive 1944Ukraine · Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive
Post-1945 (1946 onwards) · 68
- 2014 Simferopol incident 2014Ukraine · 2014 Russian invasion of Crimea
- Battle in Shakhtarsk Raion 2014Ukraine · War in Donbas
- Battle of Horlivka 2014Ukraine · War in Donbas
- Battle of Ilovaisk 2014Ukraine · War in Donbas
- Battle of Mariupol (May–June 2014) 2014Ukraine · War in Donbas
- Battles of Sievierodonetsk (2014) 2014Ukraine · War in Donbas
- Capture of Belbek Airport 2014Ukraine · 2014 Russian invasion of Crimea
- Capture of the Crimean Parliament 2014Ukraine · 2014 Russian invasion of Crimea
- First Battle of Donetsk Airport 2014Ukraine · Battle of Donetsk Airport
- Second Battle of Donetsk Airport 2014Ukraine · Battle of Donetsk Airport
- Siege of Sloviansk 2014Ukraine · War in Donbas
- Siege of the Luhansk border base 2014Ukraine · War in Donbas
- Zelenopillia rocket attack 2014Ukraine · War in Donbas
- Battle of Debaltseve 2015Ukraine · War in Donbas
- Battle of Marinka (2015) 2015Ukraine · War in Donbas
- Battle of Avdiivka (2017) 2017Ukraine · War in Donbas
- 2022 Kharkiv counteroffensive 2022Ukraine · full-scale Russo-Ukrainian war
- Battle of Antonov Airport 2022Ukraine · full-scale Russo-Ukrainian war
- Battle of Avdiivka (2023–2024) 2022Ukraine · eastern front of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Battle of Bakhmut 2022Ukraine · Battle of Donbas
- Battle of Brovary 2022Ukraine · full-scale Russo-Ukrainian war
- Battle of Bucha 2022Ukraine · Russo-Ukrainian war
- Battle of Donbas (2022) 2022Ukraine · eastern front of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Battle of Donbas (2022) 2022Ukraine · Battle of Donbas
- Battle of Donbas (2022) 2022Ukraine · Battle of Donbas
- Battle of Donbas (2022) 2022Ukraine · Battle of Lyman
- Battle of Enerhodar 2022Ukraine · full-scale Russo-Ukrainian war
- Battle of Enerhodar 2022Ukraine · full-scale Russo-Ukrainian war
- Battle of Hostomel 2022Ukraine · full-scale Russo-Ukrainian war
- Battle of Irpin 2022Ukraine · full-scale Russo-Ukrainian war
- Battle of Izium 2022Ukraine · full-scale Russo-Ukrainian war
- Battle of Kharkiv (2022) 2022Ukraine · full-scale Russo-Ukrainian war
- Battle of Kherson 2022Ukraine · full-scale Russo-Ukrainian war
- Battle of Lyman 2022Ukraine · Battle of Donbas
- Battle of Lysychansk 2022Ukraine · Battle of Donbas
- Battle of Marinka (2022–2023) 2022Ukraine · eastern front of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Battle of Moshchun 2022Ukraine · full-scale Russo-Ukrainian war
- Battle of Popasna 2022Ukraine · eastern front of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Battle of Rubizhne 2022Ukraine · eastern front of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Battle of Sievierodonetsk (2022) 2022Ukraine · Battle of Donbas
- Battle of Slavutych 2022Ukraine · full-scale Russo-Ukrainian war
- Battle of Soledar 2022Ukraine · Battle of Donbas
- Battle of Sumy 2022Ukraine · full-scale Russo-Ukrainian war
- Battle of Volnovakha 2022Ukraine · full-scale Russo-Ukrainian war
- Battle of Vuhledar 2022Ukraine
- Battle of the Siverskyi Donets 2022Ukraine · Battle of Donbas
- Capture of Chernobyl 2022Ukraine · full-scale Russo-Ukrainian war
- Capture of Melitopol 2022Ukraine · southern front of the Russo-Ukrainian war
- Eastern front of the Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present) 2022Ukraine · full-scale Russo-Ukrainian war
- Eastern front of the Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present) 2022Ukraine · eastern front of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Luhansk Oblast campaign 2022Ukraine · eastern front of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Luhansk Oblast campaign 2022Ukraine · Luhansk Oblast campaign
- Lyman front of the 2022 Kharkiv counteroffensive 2022Ukraine · Battle of Lyman
- Northern front of the Russian invasion of Ukraine 2022Ukraine · full-scale Russo-Ukrainian war
- Northern front of the Russian invasion of Ukraine 2022Ukraine · full-scale Russo-Ukrainian war
- Northern front of the Russian invasion of Ukraine 2022Ukraine · full-scale Russo-Ukrainian war
- Northern front of the Russian invasion of Ukraine 2022Ukraine · full-scale Russo-Ukrainian war
- Northern front of the Russian invasion of Ukraine 2022Ukraine · full-scale Russo-Ukrainian war
- Northern front of the Russian invasion of Ukraine 2022Ukraine · Northeastern Ukraine offensive
- Northern front of the Russian invasion of Ukraine 2022Ukraine · full-scale Russo-Ukrainian war
- Northern front of the Russian invasion of Ukraine 2022Ukraine · full-scale Russo-Ukrainian war
- Siege of Chernihiv 2022Ukraine · full-scale Russo-Ukrainian war
- Siege of Mariupol 2022Ukraine · eastern front of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Siege of Mariupol 2022Ukraine · mass killings during the Siege of Mariupol
- Southern front of the Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present) 2022Ukraine · southern front of the Russo-Ukrainian war
- Southern front of the Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present) 2022Ukraine · southern front of the Russo-Ukrainian war
- Velyka Novosilka offensive 2022Ukraine · full-scale Russo-Ukrainian war
- Battle of Kurakhove 2024Ukraine · eastern front of the Russian invasion of Ukraine
Date not recorded (no reliable year in Wikidata) · 15
- Battle for the Donbas (1919) Ukraine
- Battle of Donbas (2022) Ukraine
- Battle of Donbas (2022) Ukraine
- Battle of Jaroslawice Ukraine · Battle of Galicia
- Battle of Kostiantynivka Ukraine · full-scale Russo-Ukrainian war
- Battle of Mala Tokmachka Ukraine
- Battle of Ocheretyne Ukraine · full-scale Russo-Ukrainian war
- Battle of Oździutycze Ukraine
- Battle on the Irpin River Ukraine
- Davydiv Brid Ukraine
- First UPA attack on Mizocz Ukraine
- Huliaipole offensive Ukraine
- Kupiansk offensive Ukraine
- Siege of Chilia Ukraine
- Southern front of the Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present) Ukraine