 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Germany yakapinda muPoland musi wa1 September 1939 uye pana 14 September Lviv yakanga yakakomberedzwa chose chose nezvikwata zveGermany. Pashure pacho, vaSoviet vakapinda muPolandmusi wa17 September. Musi wa22 September 1939 Lwów yakazvipira kuRed Army. USSR yakabatanidza hafu yokumabvazuva yeRepublic yechipiri yePoland ine vagari vokuUkraine neBelarus. Guta racho rakava dzimbahwe reLviv Oblast yakanga ichangobva kuumbwa. VaSoviet vakavhurazve zvikoro zvechiUkraine zvaitaurwa nomutauro mumwe chete, izvo zvakanga zvagumiswa nehurumende yePoland. Chinjo bedzi yakatemerwa navaSoviet yakanga iri mutauro wokudzidzisa, nokurasikirwa chaiko kwechokwadi kwezvikoro zvinenge 1.000 munguva pfupi. ChiUkraine chakaitwa chinomanikidzirwa muYunivhesiti yeLviv namabhuku ayo ose anenge ari muchiPolish. Rakava Ukrainized chose chose uye rakatumidzwazve zita romunyori weUkraine Ivan Franko. Nyanzvi dzechikoro dzePoland dzakadzingwa basa. Kutonga kweSoviet kwakava kunodzvinyirira zvikuru kupfuura kutonga kwePoland; nyika yakapfuma yezvinyorwa zveUkraine muPolish Lwów, somuenzaniso, yakanga isipo muSoviet Ukrainian Lviv, uye mabasa akawanda ezvokunyora nhau akarasikirwa nayo. 