The Cossack army, with their Transylvanian allies…

The Cossack army, with their Transylvanian allies in Poland, have suffered a number of setbacks in addition to diplomatic tensions with Russia.

As a result, Khmelnytsky has had to deal with a Cossack rebellion on the home front.

Troubling news also comes from Crimea, as the Tatars, in alliance with Poland, are preparing for a new invasion of Ukraine.

Though already ill, Khmelnytsky continues to conduct diplomatic activity, at one point even receiving the Tsar's envoys in his bed.

He had on July 22, suffered cerebral hemorrhage and become paralyzed.

He dies on the morning of July 27, 1657.