 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Dai maCossack akagara muKhortytsia, vangadai vakakundwa, sezvakaitika mune kumwe kumukira kwakawanda. Zvisinei, Khmelnytsky akaenda kunorwisa vaPoland. Mauto maviri aya akasangana musi wa 16 Chivabvu 1648 paZhovti Vody, uko, vachibatsirwa nemaTatar aTugay Bey, maCossack vakapa kukundwa kwavo kwekutanga kuCommonwealth. Yakadzokororwa nokukurumidza pashure pacho, nokubudirira kwakafanana, paHondo yeKorsuńmusi waMay 26, 1648. Khmelnytsky akashandisa hunyanzvi hwake hwekudyidzana uye hwechiuto: achitungamirwa, mauto eCossack akaenda kunzvimbo dzekurwa achitevera zvirongwa zvake, maCossacks aive anoshanda uye akatsunga mukufamba kwavo nekurwisa, uye zvakanyanya kukosha, akawana rutsigiro rwezvose zviri zviviri zvikwata zvikuru zveCossacks zvakanyoreswa uye neCrimean Khan, mubatsiri wake akakosha muhondo zhinji dzaizouya. 