 Some 48,888 Romanian soldiers and officers were unaccounted for after the retreat, including 53 casualties.In the case of several army divisions, more than half of the personnel had deserted, choosing to remain in Bessarabia.The southern and northern parts, whose population was just over half ethnic minorities (Ukrainians, Bessarabian Bulgarians, Bessarabian Germans, and Lipovans), were transferred to the Ukrainian SSR as Izmail Oblast and as part of Chernivtsi Oblast.