Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Musi waJune 26, 1940, hurumende yeSoviet yakapa gurukota reRomania muMoscow gwaro rokupedzisira, richiti Romania ibvise Bessarabia neNorthern Bukovina nokukurumidza. Italy neGermany, izvo zvaida Romania yakatsiga uye kuwana minda yayo yamafuta zvakakurudzira Mambo Carol II kuwirirana. Ichimanikidzwa, pasina tarisiro yokubatsirwa neFrance kana kuti Britain, Romania yakasiya nzvimbo idzodzo. Pana June 28, mauto eSoviet akayambuka Dniester uye
Bessarabia, Northern Bukovina, uye nharaunda yeHertza. Nzvimbo uko rudzi rwechiUkraine rwaive rudzi rukuru (zvikamu zveNorthern Bukovina uye zvikamu zveHotin, Cetatea Albă, uye Izmail), pamwe nedzimwe nzvimbo dzakapoteredza dzine ruzhinji rwechiRomania, senge nharaunda yeHertza, dzakabatanidzwa kuUkraine SSR. Kuendeswa kweBessarabia kweGungwa Dema neDanube pamberi peUkraine kwakasimbisa kudzorwa kwayo nehurumende yeSoviet yakagadzikana.