Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Yakadzoserwa kuKiev Special Military District muna Kubvumbi 1940, yakatora chikamu muSoviet basa reBessarabia neNorthern Bukovina muna Chikumi-Chikunguru 1940. Muna August 1940 yakavandudzwa kuva 7th Motorized Division. Munguva yeSoviet-Finnish mushandirapamwe wechikamu ichi chaisanganisira 27th, 257th, uye 300th Rifle Regiments, 23rd Reconnaissance Battalion, uye 405th Separate Tank Battalion. Kurwa sechikamu che8th Mechanized Corps, 26th Army, Southwestern Front, kubva muna June 1941, divi rakaparadzwa mukuedza kumisa kufambira mberi kweGermany. Yakanga iri munharaunda yeLutsk-Rovno
nokukurumidza pashure pokunge kupinda kweGermany kwatanga.