Moldavian campaign of Tymofiy Khmelnytsky

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Moldavian campaign of Tymofiy Khmelnytsky
Part of Khmelnytsky Uprising
Tymofiy Khmelnytsky's campaign in Wallachia, May 1653.
Date 1653 Location Wallachia, Moldavia Result Cossack defeat
Belligerents
Moldavia  Transylvania  Wallachia  Poland–Lithuania	Cossack Hetmanate Moldavia
Commanders and leaders
Gheorghe Ștefan Matei Basarab George II Rákóczi Jan Kodracki	Tymofiy Khmelnytsky † Vasile Lupu

The Moldavian campaign of Tymofiy Khmelnytsky in 1653 was a military campaign in Moldavia and Wallachia by the Cossack-Moldavian army of the voivode Vasile Lupu and the hetman in charge, Tymofiy Khmelnytsky, against the pretender to the Moldavian throne, George Stefan, and the Wallachian troops of prince Matviy Basarab, supported by mercenaries from Transylvania, Poland, and Serbia. The Cossack-Moldavian army was defeated, and Tymofiy himself was killed, which put an end to Bohdan Khmelnytsky's attempts to include Moldavia in the sphere of influence of the Zaporozhian Army, as well as to Lupu's attempt to take the throne of Wallachia and his power in Moldavia.