 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Stefan Batory akapindura neakatevedzana ekurwiswa katatu kweRussia, achiedza kubvisa Livonia kubva kumatunhu makuru eRussia. Munguva yokurwisa kwake kwokutanga muna 1579 nevarume 22 000, akatora Polatsk, mauto ePoland-Lithuania akaparadzawo Smolensk, uye Severia kusvika kuStarodoub. Munguva yechipiri, muna 1580, neuto revarume 29 000 Stefan Batory akatora Velizh, Usvyat, Velikiye Luki. Muna 1581 vaLithuania vakapisa Staraya Russa, neuto revanhu 100 000 Stefan Batory akatanga Kukombwa kwePskov asi akakundikana kutora nhare. Kukombwa kwenguva refu uye kusingabudiriri kwakatungamirira kunhaurirano, idzo nebetsero yomumiririri wapapa Antonio Possevino dzakaguma norugare rwaJam Zapolski umo Tsar akaramba zvaaida kuLivonia nePolotsk asi asina kubvuma nzvimbo huru dzeRussia. Rugare rwacho rwakagara kworutivi rwezana ramakore, kusvikira mauto eCommonwealth apinda muRussiaMuna 1605. 