Ka cika wannan magana: A watan Yuni na shekara ta 1940, an ba da
Tarayyar Soviet ta mamaye tare da Arewacin Bukovina da Bessarabia, kodayake ba a ambaci wannan yankin ba a cikin ƙarshen Soviet ko a cikin Yarjejeniyar Molotov-Ribbentrop, kasancewar wani ɓangare ne na Tsohon Masarautar. Sojojin Red sun mamaye wannan ƙasar, mai yiwuwa saboda matsayinta na dabarun kan garin Cernăuți kuma sun haɗa shi da SSR na Ukraine. Sojojin Romania sun 'yantar da yankin a watan Yunin 1941, amma a watan Agusta 1944, USSR ta sake mamaye shi.