 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mushure mokunge 1921 August 1991 Soviet coup yekuedzaKravchuk akasiya basa muCommunist Party. Mushure mekunge Verkhovna Rada yapfuura Mutemo weKuzvimiririra kweUkraine musi wa24 Nyamavhuvhu, bumbiro remutemo rakagadziriswa kuti rigadzire chigaro cheMutungamiri weUkraine. Pamberi pekuvhota kweDeclaration of Independence yeUkraine Kravchuk akabatsira mukunyengetedza macommunist akawanda muparamende kuti agamuchire zvinodikanwa zvevanopikisa zveUkraine Independence. Zvichitevera Chiito cheMutemo weRusununguko Kravchuk akapiwa masimba ehutungamiri, nokudaro achiva zvose zviri zviviri de facto uye de jure musoro wenyika. Gare gare gore iroro, musi wa5 December 1991, vavhoti vakamusarudza zviri pamutemo kuva mutungamiri wenyika musarudzo dzekutanga dzehutungamiri hweUkraine. Pazuva rimwe chetero, vavhoti vakasarudza nechisimba kuti vabude muSoviet Union - danho iro Kravchuk zvino akatsigira zvizere. Izvi zvakaita kuti Kravchuk ave mukuru wenyika wokutanga weUkraine yakazvimirira. 