In 1240, Batu Khan led a raid into Ruthenia as part of the Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus'.

According to the Hypatian Codex, at the end of 1238 Batu Khan retreated to the Cuman land (presumably the Donbas area), while sending his troops to Pereyaslav and Chernihiv.

During the raid on Pereyaslav on March 3, 1239, the local church of St. Michael was destroyed and plundered, while its bishop, Simeon, was killed.

[1] When Mstislav Glebovich heard that Batu Khan's troops besieged Chernihiv he attacked them near the city walls.

Also in Kamianets, Yaroslav of Medzhybozh took hostage the Grand Prince of Kiev's consort and sister of Daniel Olena Romanivna as well as several boyars of Michael.