Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Masana tarihi har yanzu suna jayayya kan ko kai hari kai tsaye zai iya cin nasara, amma karkatar da Ukrainian ya zama bala'i ga Charles. Jirgin jirgin Charles mai tsawo daga Riga, tare da ƙarfafawa 12,000, ya kama da dakarun Rasha masu sauri a cikin kaka na 1708. Sun tsananta wa ƙarfafawa da kayayyaki, kuma a cikin yakin Lesnaya da ya biyo baya
Sojojin Bitrus sun yi yaƙi da mutanen Sweden har suka tsaya cik. Fuskantar yawan mutanen Rasha, an tilasta wa 'yan Sweden su ƙone kayayyakinsu, su binne bindigoginsu, kuma su yi gaggawa ga babban rundunar Charles; daga cikin maza 12,000, 6,000 kawai, kuma kusan babu wadatar da ta kai ga Charles. Tare da karin mutane kuma ba tare da kayayyaki ba, wannan kawai ya tsananta matsalolin abinci na Charles. Tunanin ƙarfafa Cossack ya tabbatar da cewa ya zama abin ƙyama; kodayake Mazepa ya koma Sweden, ya kawo sojoji 3,000 ne kawai tare da shi. A matsayin azaba, Menshikov ya kori kuma ya rushe Baturyn, ya kashe sama da maza, mata, da yara 6,000 kuma ya lalata babban birnin Mazepa. Babu wani da ya yi ƙarfin hali ya bar, kuma Ukraine ta kasance a ƙarƙashin ikon Bitrus.