 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mauto matsvuku, pasi paVladimir Antonov-Ovseyenko, akafambira mberi kumaodzanyemba ndokukunda chikamu chikuru chePodolia muna April. Nharaunda yacho yakabatanidzwa muUkraine SSR; hurumende itsva iyi yakakurumidza kudzorera Bessarabian Brigade, asi yakaibvisa kune vezvematongerwe enyika. Mumazuva okutanga aMay, Antonov akarangarira zvirongwa zvekusunungura Bessarabia nokukurumidza nokupinda neKhotyn. Pakupedzisira akadziviswa kuiraira nokubudirira kweRomania paHungary Front, uye nokushayikwa kwezvokudya. Kurwisana kweUkraine neRomania kwakapfuurira kwemwedzi inoverengeka, sezvo Musangano Worugare wakatanga kuongorora miganhu yokumabvazuva kweGreater Romania. Vagari veAtachi vakaramba vachishora zvakanyanya kutonga kweRomania, uye varwi veSoviet vakanzwa vakurudzirwa kupfura pazvinzvimbo zveRomania muna Chivabvu 30; fungidziro dzakamuka mumatunhu eRomania kuti boka renyika dzese raidzidziswa kupinda muBessarabia kubva kuMohyliv. 