Nyorai kupfuurira kwendima iyi - Pana June 26, 1940 hurumende yeSoviet yakapa gwaro rokupedzisira kugurukota reRomania muMoscow, richida kuti 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 ndokutora
Bessarabia, Northern Bukovina, uye nzvimbo 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.