Charles XII refused to retreat to Poland or back to Sweden, instead invading Ukraine.

It was around this point that Bolshevik troops began invading Ukraine from Russia.

After the Cuman victory, they repeatedly invaded Ukraine, devastating the land, and took captives who became either slaves or were sold at markets in the south.

In1939 Soviet armed forces invaded western Ukraine, causing the Redemptorists to flee to Lviv where here worked as a labourer in order to make a living.

The Swedes finally withdrew from Poland and invaded Ukraine, where they were defeated by the Russians at Poltava.

In 1920, after the last British forces had been withdrawn, Churchill was instrumental in having arms sent to the Poles when they invaded Ukraine.

Leonov's forces have launched a major offensive in the south, and Red units have invaded Ukraine and Belarus.

Towards the end of 1663, the Polish King crossed the Dnieper and invaded Left-bank Ukraine.