The siege precipitating it was the first phase of one side's plan to strike at the other's capital, a plan that was bolstered by the defection of Ivan Mazepa.
Following this clash, Sultan Ahmed III sheltered the defeated commander and was eventually convinced to declare war. After that commander retreated, his second-in-command surrendered at Perevolochna on the Vorskla. A strategic blunder at Lesnaya severely limited one side's supply and reinforcement, and a critical turn during this battle was the capture of Roos' detachment. The siege precipitating it was the first phase of one side's plan to strike at the other's capital, a plan that was bolstered by the defection of Ivan Mazepa. Among the defeated commanders, Rehnskiöld was captured and Lewenhaupt fled, pursued by Menshikov. FTP, name this battle of 1709; the raising of a siege of a Ukrainian city that saw Charles XII smashed by the Peter the Great, effectively deciding the Great Northern War.
Following this clash, Sultan Ahmed III sheltered the defeated commander and was eventually convinced to declare war.
the Battle of {Poltava}