[1] Bar fortress was an important defense point of Podolia, which came under control of Cossacks during the previous siege.

Piotr Potocki gathered an army with the goal of retaking Bar fortress and taking revenge on Cossacks in 1649.

[1] The loss of Bar fortress to Polish forces was a major blow to Cossack control over Podolia.

Khmelnytsky clearly expressed his dissatisfaction about losing Bar fortress and ongoing actions of Piotr Potocki in Podolia, saying to the commissioners present at the meeting:[4] It's a pity about this howory, God gave them to me.

Let Potocki wait here for his brother, the starost of Kamieniec, who took Bar, my city, from me; in my Podolia he is shedding Christian blood, I ordered the regiments to move there and bring him back alive.