Cika jumla mai zuwa:
Kiev dabarun kai hari aiki a ƙarshen 1943, sojojin 1st Ukrainian Front a ƙarƙashin Vatutin sun ɗauki babban gada a gefen dama na Dnieper a yankin Kiev wanda ya "ƙare" ƙungiyar abokan gaba na sojojin a kudu maso yammacin Ukraine. A ƙoƙarin rage gadar da kuma sake dawo da Kiev, sojojin Jamus sun kai hari a yankin kudu da Zhytomyr.