Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A cikin 1941 Kharchenko ya zama mataimakin laftanan kuma kwamandan rukuni a cikin Injiniya mai zaman kansa na 22 da kuma rukunin anti-gas na Sojojin Tsaron Yankin Yankin Yankin Yankin Yankin. A cikin 1942 ya dawo cikin rukunin inda ya yi aiki a matsayin da ba a ba shi izini ba - zuwa rukunin Injiniya na 6 da anti-gas na NKVD anti-aircraft defense sojojin. Ya taimaka wajen kawar da fiye da 26,000 Jamus shells, maharan da kuma bama-bamai a lokacin Battle of Stalingrad da
Yaƙin Kiev (1943). A ranar 2 ga Nuwamba, 1944, an ba shi lambar yabo ta Jarumi na Tarayyar Soviet da kuma Dokar Lenin don ayyukansa na lalata abubuwan fashewa da ma'adanai.