An sake sabunta tashin hankali a watan Mayu 1500, lokacin da Ivan III ya yi amfani da shirin yaƙin neman zaɓe na Yaren mutanen Poland-Hungary a kan Daular Ottoman : Yayin da suke shagaltu da Ottomans, Poland da Hungary ba za su taimaka wa Lithuania ba.Dalilin da ya sa shi ne zargin rashin yarda da addini ga Orthodox a kotun Lithuania.Mahaifinta Ivan III ya hana Helena komawa Katolika , wanda ya ba da dama ga Ivan III, a matsayin mai kare dukan Orthodox, don tsoma baki a cikin al'amuran Lithuania da kuma tara masu bi na Orthodox.Kwamandan na Rasha ya yi amfani da irin wannan dabarar da ta tabbatar da nasara ga sojojin Rasha a yakin Kulikovo.Vedrosha wata nasara ce mai muni ga Rashawa.An kashe 'yan kasar Lithuania kusan 8,000, kuma an kama wasu da yawa a fursuna, ciki har da Yarima Konstantin Ostrogski, babban Hetman na farko na Lithuania.Bayan yaƙin mutanen Lithuania sun rasa yuwuwar yunƙurin soja kuma sun taƙaita kansu ga ayyukan tsaro.