Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A watan Yulin 1942 Vitruk ya zama kwamandan jami'in na 291st, daga baya ya canza zuwa 10th Guards Division na VVS. A wannan matsayi ya umurci ƙungiyarsa a lokacin yakin Voronezh,
Kiev, Târgul Frumos da kuma aikin Iassy-Chisinau. Daga baya ya shiga cikin fadace-fadacen da suka haifar da kama Soviet na Ploiești, Bucharest da Craiova a Romania, da kuma Belgrade a Yugoslavia da Székesfehérvár a Hungary. Saboda ayyukansa a lokacin yakin Yugoslavia an ba shi lambar yabo ta Jarumin Yugoslavia.