Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Vatutin zvino aida kutorazve Kiev. Akaunganidzazve mauto ake uye akashamisa Manstein, achiparadza mauto engoro nomunyika ine matope uye achiparadzira vaGermany vachibva kunzvimbo yaisatarisirwa. Musi waNovember 6, 1943, Kiev yakatorwazve
. Vatutin asingaregi kushandisa kukunda kwake muKiev, uye akasundira zvakadzama muzvidziviriro zveGermany, achiparadza mutsetse wokuzvidzivirira weGermany. Zvisinei, Vatutin akawedzera mauto ake, uye Manstein akashandisa mauto ake okuchengetera muXLVIII Panzerkorps kurwisa. Muhondo yeRadomyshl (6 kusvika 15 Mbudzi 1943) uye muhondo yeMeleni muhomwe (16 kusvika 23 Zvita 1943) Manstein akabudirira kurwisa kwakatora nzvimbo uye kwakakonzera kurasikirwa kukuru kumauto eRed Army.