Near the site of the present-day village of Krasne [uk] in Ukraine, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth’s forces under the command of Hetmans Marcin Kalinowski and Stanisław Lanckoroński attacked and defeated a forces of the Zaporozhian Cossacks under the command of Colonel Danylo Nechay, who was killed in the battle and Hryhoriy Kryvenko.

In 20–23 February 1651, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth’s forces numbered around 12,000–20,000[3] troops crossed the border of the Cossack Hetmanate and approached Krasne [uk].

The Poles and Lithuanians began to retreat under the strong onslaught of the Zaporozhian Cossacks numbered around 3,000[4] troops, but at the same time the main forces of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth approached.

The battle turned into a massacre; defenders of the castle, civilian people like men, women and children were brutally killed by the forces of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, the entire village was destroyed and burned.

After this success, Hetmans Marcin Kalinowski and Stanislaw Lanckoroński marched deeper into Podolia, seizing several towns, such as Sharhorod, Yampil and Chernivtsi.