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Wikipedia: The 1920 Kiev Offensive (or Kiev Operation), sometimes considered to have started the Soviet-Polish War, was an attempt by the newly re-emerged Poland, led by Józef Piłsudski, to seize central and eastern Ukraine, torn in the warring among various factions, both domestic and foreign, from Soviet control. The stated goal of the operation was to create a formally independent Ukraine, although much of the Ukrainian population were ambivalent as many viewed the Polish advance as a new occupation aimed at subordinating Ukraine under Polish rule, while others greeted the Polish and allied Ukrainian forces as liberators. With their loyalties divided, Ukrainians fought for both sides of the conflict.
![[Polish General Listowski and exiled Ukrainian leader Symon Petlura following Petlura's alliance with the Poles]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Petlyura_Lisowski_s.jpg "Polish General Listowski and exiled Ukrainian leader Symon Petlura following Petlura's alliance with the Poles")
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