 Soviet forces also occupied the Hertza Region, part of the Romanian Old Kingdom, which was in neither Bessarabia nor Bukovina.The Soviets said that was "probably a military error".The decision to accept the Soviet ultimatum and to commence a "withdrawal" (avoiding the usage of the word "to cede") from Bessarabia and northern Bukovina was deliberated upon by the Romanian Crown Council during the night of June 27–28, 1940.