Daular Rasha ta sami karbuwa daga Daular Ottoman na matsayin Tsar a matsayin mai kula da Kiristocin Orthodox a Moldavia da Wallachia.A yanzu dai Rasha ta yi amfani da gazawar Sarkin Musulmi wajen warware batun kare wuraren kiristoci a kasa mai tsarki a matsayin hujjar mamayar da Rasha ta yi wa wadannan lardunan Danubia.Ba da daɗewa ba bayan da ya sami labarin gazawar diflomasiyyar Menshikov a ƙarshen Yuni 1853, Tsar ya aika da sojoji ƙarƙashin umarnin Field Marshal Ivan Paskevich da Janar Mikhail Gorchakov a cikin kogin Pruth zuwa cikin Masarautun Danubian na Moldavia da Wallachia.Ƙasar Ingila, tana fatan ci gaba da riƙe daular Usmania a matsayin katangar yaƙi da faɗaɗa ikon Rasha a Asiya, ta aika da wani jirgin ruwa zuwa Dardanelles, inda ta shiga cikin jirgin da Faransa ta aika.A ranar 16 ga Oktoba, 1853, bayan samun alkawuran tallafi daga Faransa da Birtaniya , Ottomans sun shelanta yaki a kan Rasha.Kamfen ɗin Danube ya buɗe ya kawo sojojin Rasha zuwa arewacin gabar kogin Danube.Dangane da mayar da martani, Daular Usmaniyya ta kuma matsar da dakarunta har zuwa kogin, inda suka kafa sansani a Vidin a yamma da Silistra a gabas, kusa da bakin Danube.Yunkurin da Ottoman ya hau kogin Danube ya kuma damu da Austrian, wadanda suka tura sojoji zuwa Transylvania don mayar da martani.Duk da haka, Austrian sun fara jin tsoron Rasha fiye da Ottoman.Tabbas, kamar Birtaniyya, Australiya yanzu suna zuwa don ganin cewa daular Ottoman ta zama dole a matsayin katangar yaƙi da Rashawa.Bayan wa'adin mulkin Ottoman a watan Satumban 1853, sojojin karkashin Ottoman Janar Omar Pasha suka tsallaka Danube a Vidin suka kama Calafat a watan Oktoban 1853. A lokaci guda kuma, a gabas, daular Usmaniyya suka tsallaka Danube a Silistra suka kai wa Rasha hari a Oltenița.