Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Semyon Timoshenko, uyo akange atumidzwa zita rePeople's Commissar for Defence of the Soviet Union mushure mekuparadzwa kweHondo yeChirimo uye aida zvakanyanya maofficial ane ruzivo kuti azadze nzvimbo dzekuraira dzeuto reSoviet raikurumidza kuwedzera, akadzorera Rokossovsky kumirairo ye5th Cavalry Corps aine chinzvimbo checolonel. Gare gare, 5th Cavalry Corps yakabatanidzwa mukubatwa kwe
Bessarabia uye akakurumidza kukwidziridzwa pachinzvimbo chemukuru mukuru uye akapihwa rairo ye9th Mechanized Corps, sechikamu cheM.I. Potapov's 5th Army pasi paMikhail Kirponos mukuru weKiev Military Region, iyo yaizotumidzwa zita rekuti Southwestern Front pakatanga kurwa neGerman.