The new regime was torn between the Ukrainian Nationalists and the Russian Federalists, and the Nationalists won, and the Directory began to be dominated by the Ukrainian Nationalist leader, Symon Petliura.
The new regime was torn between the pro-nationalistic, including the party of peasant-democrats, and the factions for the federal union with Russia. By the end of 1918 the Directory began to be dominated by the Ukrainian military leader, Symon Petliura.