 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Munenge muna 1498, Joseph Bolharynovich, Metropolitan weKiev, naWojciech Tabor, Bhishopi weVilnius, vakaedza kunyengetedza Helena kutsigira kubatana kwechechi sezvakanga zvakarongwa paKanzuru yeFlorence maOrthodox aizochengeta tsika dzavo, asi vaizogamuchira papa samambo wavo womudzimu. Helena akaramba, asi Ivan III akaishandisa seimwe yecasus belli paakavandudza hondo neLithuania muna May 1500. Panguva iyoyo Poland, shamwari yeLithuania, yakanga ichirwisana nePoland muhondo yeOttoman 1484-1504 uye yakanga isingagoni kupa rubatsiro. Mauto eMuscovite akakunda muhondo dzeVedroshauye Mstislavl uye vakatora nhare dzinoverengeka dzeLithuania. 