Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Akasarudzwa kuti ave mukuru wevashandi ve3rd Guards Tank Army muhurongwa hwekuumba musi wa14 Chivabvu uye akasimudzirwa kuva mukuru mukuru wemauto ematangi musi wa7 Chikumi. Mauto akarwa muOperation Kutuzov sechikamu cheBryansk Front kubva muna Chikunguru. Kubva muna September uto rakarwa muHondo yeDnieper,
Hondo yeKiev, Zhitomir<unk>Berdichev Offensive, uye Proskurov<unk>Chernovitsy Offensive. Semukuru wemauto, Mitrofanov akaongororwa se "akatora chinzvimbo chinoshanda mukuronga kwemauto emauto, achivimbisa kutungamira kusingachinjiki uye kutonga kwemauto zvinoenderana nesarudzo dzemukuru wemauto", uye "kuratidza hunyanzvi hwevashandi uye ruzivo rwehunyanzvi hwekushanda". Akava mutevedzeri wemutungamiri wemauto muna Chivabvu 1944 uye akatungamira mauto e7th Guards Tank Corps muna Chikunguru mushure mekunge mutungamiri wayo akuvara. Mitrofanov akatungamira mauto mukubudirira kurwisa panguva yeLvov-Sandomierz Kurwisa, kwavakabata Gorodok neLvov, uye vakarwa muhondo dzeSandomierz bridgehead. Nokuda kwoushingi hwayo nounyanzvi muhondo idzi, uto rake rakapiwa menduru yeSuvorov.