Kievan Offensive
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Was a military campaign by the invading Kievan Rus' in the Bulgarian Empire.
Chronology
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June 968: In August 967 or 968, the Rus' crossed the Danube into Bulgarian territory, defeated a Bulgarian army of 30,000 men in the Battle of Silistra, and occupied most of the Dobruja.
September 969: In summer 969, Sviatoslav returned to Bulgaria in force, accompanied by allied Pecheneg and Magyar contingents. Sviatoslav stormed the city. Thereafter Boris and Roman capitulated, and the Rus' rapidly established control over eastern and northern Bulgaria, placing garrisons in Dorostolon and the Bulgarian capital of Preslav.
September 969: In summer 969, Sviatoslav of Kiev returned to Bulgaria in force, accompanied by allied Pecheneg and Magyar contingents. Sviatoslav stormed the city. Thereafter Boris and Roman capitulated, and the Rus' rapidly established control over eastern and northern Bulgaria, placing garrisons in Dorostolon and the Bulgarian capital of Preslav.
April 970: In early 970, a Rus' army led by Sviatoslav I of Kiev, with Bulgarians, Pechenegs, and Magyars, attacked Philippopolis (Plovdiv) in the Byzantine Empire. The city fell to the invaders, marking a significant victory for the Kievan Rus'.
