[2] On 25 February 1673 the sejm ennobled Kunicki, his five nephews (Atanazy, Wasyl, Fiedor, Dymitr, Iwan) and three more Cossacks who were loyal to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

[2][3] When Kunicki was coming back from Warsaw to Czechryń (currently known as Chyhyryn), he was captured by the men of Ivan Samoylovych.

[4] Kunicki was detained until November 1674 when he was released after the intervention of the new Polish king Jan III Sobieski.

He collected information from Polish agents about the Turkish and Tatar armies for hetman Dymitr Jerzy Wiśniowiecki.

Andriy Mohyla [ru; uk], leader of the infantry, had to fight the Tatars alone but he successfully returned to Mohyliv.