Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Semyon Timoshenko, uyo akange atumidzwa zita rePeople's Commissar for Defence yeSoviet Union mushure mekuparadzwa kweHondo yeZima uye aida zvakanyanya maofficial ane ruzivo kuzadza nzvimbo dzekuraira dzeuto reSoviet rakakurumidza kuwedzera, akadzorera Rokossovsky kumirairo ye5th Cavalry Corps pachinzvimbo checolonel. Gare gare, 5th Cavalry Corps yakabatanidzwa mukubatwa kweBessarabia
uye akakurumidza kukwidziridzwa pachinzvimbo chemauto mukuru uye akapiwa kutungamira kwe9th Mechanized Corps, sechikamu cheM.I. Potapov's 5th Army pasi paMikhail Kirponos mutungamiri weKiev Military Region, iyo yaizotumidzwa zita rekuti Southwestern Front pakutanga kwehondo neGermany.