Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: A gbanwere mpaghara ahụ site na mkpebi nke October 11, 1939 kpọmkwem maka ọrụ nke Bessarabia mgbe Soviet Union bịanyere aka na Molotov <unk> Ribbentrop Pact. N'oge ahụ, ókèala ya gụnyere Moldova SSR nke e mepụtara ọhụrụ, mpaghara isii nke Ukrainian SSR (Izmail, Odessa, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhia, Mykolaiv, Kirovohrad) yana Crimea Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic dị ka akụkụ nke Russian SFSR. A kwadoro Odessa MD site na ọtụtụ nkeji sitere na Ukraine Front nke sonyere na mbuso agha Soviet nke Poland na
Romania, nke e guzobere na mbụ na ndabere nke Odessa Army Group nke "Kiev Special Military District" (gbanwere Kiev Military District).